Dino Melaye, the governorship candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has denied rumors that he received N3 billion for the Kogi elections from Atiku Abubakar and Aliko Dangote, the party’s presidential contenders.

 

Melaye revealed this during a dinner in Abuja that members of his campaign organization hosted in his honor.

 

He explained that his opponents were the ones making the claims in an attempt to sabotage his campaign.

 

According to Melaye, the speculation that he collected “N1 billion from Atiku and N2 billion from Dangote was fake news peddled by betrayers.

“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 other zones to become governor.

 

“The second lesson is also for those of us from the west. 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 worst (election) for us, is eventually what happened.”