Senator Dino Melaye has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi state.
Melaye secured 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes.
A former governor of Kaduna state and Chairman of the PDP electoral committee for the Kogi governorship primary, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, announced the result on Sunday in Lokoja, the state capital.
Melaye will face the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Ododo, in the governorship election scheduled to hold on November 11, 2023.
