The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Kogi State governorship election, Senator Dino Malaye, has denied speculations that he collected N3billion from former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, for the elections.
Melaye said this at a dinner organised in his honour by members of his campaign organization in Abuja, on Thursday.
He explained that the speculation was the handiwork of his detractors, who were bent on detailing his campaign.
Melaye described the speculation that he collected N1 billion from Atiku and N2billion from Dangote as “fake news” peddled by “betrayers.”
The former federal lawmaker also enumerated three basic lessons he learnt from contesting the election.
Melaye said, “One of the lessons is that the east now know more than ever before, that they cannot become governor alone. You will have to collaborate with another zones to become governor.
“The second lesson is also for those of us from the west. That next time we should listen to the words of wisdom from our elders and not from commercialized characters who because of their individual and selfish interests created problems for us.
“Because at the end of the day, what our elders have been saying that this will be the worse (election) for us is eventually what happened.”
The PDP governorship candidate also explained that unity was required within the PDP family in the state especially in Kogi West in order for the party to win any election.