\nHis words On Twitter: \u201cI want to specially thank God almighty that he preserved my life after five attempted assassination, combined forces of security agencies, INEC, federal, state and LG powers,\u201d he said.
\n\u201cI was fought on land, in the air and spiritually. It was not about election but my life. God I thank you. The forces against me are not beyound God. People should not worry about me, i am fine and will always be. I just thank God that the plan to kill me did not succeed. A living dog is better than a dead lion. I thank God for life. My name is Daniel i can not fall or fail.\u201d
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\nHe has said he will contest his loss in court.
\nMelaye and Adeyemi have over the years swapped positions with Adeyemi replacing Melaye in the Upper legislative chamber. Also, in the last five years both men have swapped parties and stay in the Senate.
\nAdeyemi, who was in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015 lost his Senate seat to Melaye who moved to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the PDP. He was in House of Representatives on the platform of the PDP before the 2015 elections.
\nMelaye was in the Senate until his last year there when he returned to the PDP. Meanwhile, Adeyemi had moved to the APC.
\nAfter the February 2019, Melaye was declared winner. Adeyemi contested the victory at the tribunal, and won there. Melaye appealed. The court ordered a repeat election which culminated in an inconclusive election that Adeyemi won.
\nBoth men have since continued their battle of words even after the election.
\nMelaye,\u00a0on twitter handle, said:\u00a0\u201cThe reaction of men and women of goodwill all over Nigeria especially the wonderful people of Kogi west who truly voted for me is a testimony that God is with me and with us all. I won the election and Adeyemi remain my political wife,\u201d he said.
\nAdeyemi, in his response, said: \u201cWhen a servant steals the garment of his master, the garment will be too big for the servant\u2026 the joy of having his master\u2019s garment will cause the servant to misbehave to people he ordinarily could have respected. The over-sized garment made Melaye to misbehave while in the senate.\u201d
\nThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Adeyemi of winner of the Kogi West senatorial seat after the Saturday\u2019s supplementary election.
\nReturning Officer, Prof Olaide Lawal, said Adeyemi polled a total of 88,373 votes to defeat his main challenger, PDP\u2019s Senator Dino Melaye who polled 62,133 votes.
\nAdeyemi was leading with 20,570 votes during the November 16 senatorial rerun election before the poll was declared inconclusive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"