Dino Melaye Maybe Sacked As Appeal Court Orders Fresh Hearing Of Petition Against Him

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday ordered fresh hearing of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Smart Adeyemi, challenging the election of Dino Melaye of the All Progressives Congress as the Senator representing Kogi West in the Senate.

The Kogi State National and State Legislative Assembly Elections Petitions had on June 18, 2015, struck out Adeyemi’s petition on the grounds that it was incompetent and then subsequently abandoned the case.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had in its result of the March 28, 2015 election, declared that Melaye polled the highest valid votes to defeat Adeyemi who was seeking a re-election in the poll.