Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Sen. Dino Melaye and Dr Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for 2023 presidential campaign.
Abubakar in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Ibe in Abuja on Thursday, said that the appointment took immediate effect.
Malaye, who hailed from Ayetoro Gbede in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi, was a member of the 8th Senate, who represented Kogi West at the National Assembly.
Bwala, who hailed from Adamawa, was a legal practitioner and public affairs analyst, before his appointment.
Dino Melaye is a former senator and a member of the Nigeria and also a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. In 2015 he defected to the All Progressive Congress (APC) but returned to the PDP in the build up to the 2019 elections after months of political struggle with the Kogi State governor. He was the Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. And briefly the Senate Committee Chairman on Aviation in Nigeria.
Dino Melaye was born in Kano State, Nigeria. He attended Abdulaziz Attah Memorial College, Okene for his secondary school education. He graduated from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria where he studied geography in 2000. He led the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and later became the Secretary-General of African Youth Council and then that of the Commonwealth Youth Council. He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo to chair the Presidential Advisory Council on Youths.
In 2015, he decamped to the PDP where he was re-elected as a member of the House of Representatives representing Kabba/Ijumu federal constituency. In the 2015 Senatorial election, he was elected a member of the Senate of Nigeria from the Kogi-West.
arassment, killings, and intimidation faced during the main election.
Senator Smart Adeyemi was able to defeat Senator Dino Melaye still maintaining almost the same margin as the general election. The results of the election was, however, believed to have been tampered with by the State Government in favor of Smart Adeyemi. Smart Adeyemi has since been sworn in as a replacement for Senator Dino Melaye by the Senate President.
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