Senator Smart Adeyemi has come out top at the tribunal hearing the dispute arising from the outcome of the Kogi West senatorial district election

The tribunal in its ruling on Wednesday dismissed the petition by Dino Melaye and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The three judges of the tribunal were unanimous that the petitioners failed to prove their case.

Melaye, known to describe Adeyemi as his ‘political wife’ did not repent of his words despite losing the election.

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Melaye“Adeyemi remains my political wife. I won the election.”

Melaye said he remains superior to Adeyemi on all fronts and claimed that he has over seven university degrees, whereas Adeyemi is a “just a polytechnic graduate.”

The former lawmaker said he sponsored over 200 bills during his four-year stay at the Senate compared to Adeyemi, who was there for eight years.

Melaye described Adeyemi’s win as a robbery of the people’s choice.

Adeyemi, on the other hand, said it is a shame that “an individual like Dino Melaye became a Senator in Nigeria.”

“I have a proven track record before I joined politics. Dino is just a thug on the streets of Abuja who joined politics and became a senator through corrupt means.”

Adeyemi, a former national president of Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) said Melaye used his four years at

the Senate to purchase and flaunt exotic vehicles at the detriment of the people.

Details shortly…