Dino Melaye Reacts To Plans to Recall him, Says ‘Exercise Is A Comedy Of Errors’

Sen. Dino Melaye

The senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District has reacted to moves by members of his constituency to recall him from the senate.

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Recall that his constituents, on Wednesday, submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding Dino Melaye’s recall from the Senate.

Leader of the constituents, Chief Cornelius Olowo, after submitting the petition at INEC headquarters, said that the move to recall Malaye was based on his “abysmal performance’’ since he was elected to represent the district in 2015.

He said, “In the last two years, some senators have been meeting with their people quarterly. They update them on what has been happening and seek their contributions on issues and their aspirations to be presented at the senate.

“For the past two years, Sen. Malaye has not organised one town hall meeting anywhere in Kogi West to meet with the people to present his scorecard or stewardship.

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“He has been completely disconnected from the people. Since he won his election and the legal battle at the court, he is no longer reachable.

“He has no constituency office in Kogi West as we speak, as a way to reach him on matter of interests from the people that elected him,’’ Olowo said.

“We have over 360,000 registered voters in Kogi West and after about one week of collection of signatures, we were able to gather over 188,500 signatures, endorsing the recall of the senator.

“We have submitted the petition at the office of INEC Chairman. It is now left for INEC to go and do confirmation of the signatures before going on the process needed for the recall,’’ he added.

But reacting to the action, Dino Melaye said the move to recall him from the upper legislative chamber is a comedy of errors.

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He said the action will land many people in jail as names of dead people were discovered on the petition list and a handwriting with similar signatures for several people as well.

Speaking to Seun Okinbaloye, anchor of Politics Today, a daily programme on Channels Television, Melaye said “I continue to laugh at their efforts which I know is in futility. The whole exercise is a comedy of errors.

“Nobody should take it seriously the whole thing is shrouded in money politics and cannot stand.

“We have discovered names of dead people on the list and a handwriting with similar signatures for several people on petition, the discrepancies are too much and it’s a total fraud.

“And I promise that many people will go to jail for forgery.”

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