Daily Trust reported that Mr Melaye scored 313 votes to defeat other contestants in the primary held at Kafa’s Hall event centre in Lokoja amid tight security.
Ahmed Makarfi, the PDP primary election committee chairman who announced the results, said Mr. Melaye defeated Ilona Kingsley who scored 124 votes; Usman Kabiru who scored 121 votes and Abayomi Awoniyi, a former deputy governor, who scored 77 votes.