The ruling party has accused Senator Dino Melaye of confessing to cybercrime during a live television program, following the just concluded poll. Kingsley Fanwo, Director of Media and Publicity/Spokesman of the Campaign Council has stated that Melaye’s claim of having access to the back-end server of the Independent National Electoral Commission is equivalent to “walking into the prison yard and demanding to be locked up.” Fanwo has called for Melaye’s arrest and prosecution for cybercrime.
He also added that Melaye was never in the race for the Governorship and that his allegations were nothing more than the ranting of a perennial contestant who was in it for business.
He added:
“Dino Melaye was never in the race for the Governorship. The perennial contestant was in it for business, and we do not see his allegations as anything more than the ranting of a thoroughly rejected political jobber.
“We can’t beat a child and expect him not to cry. But we will be magnanimous in victory. Someone who claimed to have boycotted an election is here complaining about the conduct. He was not even at his Polling Unit to vote. How he got over 40,000 votes should be probed.
“We call on our members to celebrate with moderation. We are one people and we must remain united as a people. The results of the election have shown that it is our party alone that believes in the unity of our dear state.
“We won the election and also the battle against those who wanted to drag our state to the dark ages of ethnic division. Kogites, this victory is yours, and it will herald fresh air of consolidation and continuity.”