Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate, in Kogi West, Dino Melaye is cruising to victory in results declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
He secured the highest votes in Mopamuro Local Government Area.
Melaye wants second term into the red chamber of the National Assembly, with his closest rival being Mr Smart Adeyemi of the APC.
Mr Ibrahim Ismaila, the INEC Collation Officer of Mopamuro LGA, revealed the interim results at the collation centre in INEC LG office in Mopa at about 3: 20 a.m on Sunday.
According to Ismaila, the PDP senatorial candidate, Melaye got 5112 votes, while his closest rival Smart Adeyemi of APC got 3658 votes, ADC 784 and SDP 26 votes out of the 9717 valid votes cast.
336 votes did not count, making total votes cast to be 10055.
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