Political Suicidal: Dino Melaye now unsellable, can’t win election in free, fair atmosphere, Kogi PDP declares

*Tells him: “You are welcome but forget about 2019 ticket”

*Says controversial “Reformed APC” senator needs reformation

*Melaye will be liability, not asset to PDP on his return – Forum

“Melaye is seen as too controversial and his unacceptable behaviors are the serious negative views of the public against him. He cannot win any election in a free and fair atmosphere and PDP should therefore not gamble with him as a candidate for now.  He needs a serious reformation period which PDP Kogi state do not have the luxury of time to dispense.”

The political end-time may have come for controversial Kogi West Senator Dino Melaye as People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state says he is not a sellable candidate for 2019 senator ticket of his constituency.

PDP Kogi West Elders’ Forum (KWEF), which made this known on Sunday, said that the planned defection of the erstwhile All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, who only last Friday was part of the newly formed rebel group, R-APC thereby no longer having comfortable stay in the APC, is a welcome development with a “but”.

The party however said Melaye, who was once described by Bola Ahmed Tinubu as “a disgrace to the Senate”, should forget about picking its ticket for the Senate in the coming 2019 national assembly election.

The elders said they will vehemently reject any attempt to impose Senator Dino Melaye as the sole senatorial candidate of the party at the election.

Chairman of the Forum, Shaibu Momoh said this while speaking after they met Sunday in Lokoja, the state capital, to deliberate on Melaye’s official planned defection to PDP.

This development comes amidst Dino’s planned defection to the party anytime soon.

Speaking on behalf of the elders, Momoh said if Melaye was allowed to contest in any free and fair election in the state now, the party would be defeated.

Momoh said Melaye will be a liability and not an asset to the former ruling party in the state.

He said, “Melaye is seen as too controversial and his unacceptable behaviors are the serious negative views of the public against him. He cannot win any election in a free and fair atmosphere and PDP should therefore not gamble with him as a candidate for now.

“He needs a serious reformation period which PDP Kogi state do not have the luxury of time to dispense.

“The leadership of PDP in the state under the two former governors of the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, Captain Idris Wada, Senator Tunde Ogbeha, Alhaji Musa Ahmadu and host of other critical stakeholders have been struggling to rebrand a PDP that can recapture power from an aggressive non-performing government of APC in the state.

“They have reconciled several prominent strong men and women who came back to the party and their re-entrance back to PDP is without any condition or concession but genuine. Imposition of a Senatorial candidate will cause a major derailment and unimaginable crisis that PDP may not overcome before the general election.

“The critical leaders are on ground and they understand this great danger and trap, hence their rejection of this Dino imposition.

“Senator Dino Melaye is welcome to PDP as specified under the Constitution of the party. He is free to aspire to any position of his choice but must take cognisance of existing mutual arrangement.

“He will not be discriminated against in any form in the conduct of the affairs in the state. He should come into the party with genuine open mind and contribute meaningfully to growth of the PDP like any other senior member of the party”.