Amid Guns Controversy, INEC Fixes Date For Dino’s Recall Process

The Kogi state Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, announced dates for the commencement of the recall process of the embattled Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye.

This development is coming just a few hours after the embattled senator released a video where he was calling out the state governor, Yahaya Bello.

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Melaye had suggested in the video that Bello will go to prison over his linkage as the arms supplier to some thugs that were arrested by police in the state.

Recall that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had recently ruled that the recall process initiated by INEC to recall the Melaye from the Nigerian Senate has to be restarted after it was initially paused when the Senator filed an appeal against a Federal High Court ordering the recall to go on.

Prof. James Apam, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, said the decision to recommence the recall exercise follows the Appeal Court ruling.

He also said the commission has scheduled April 28 for the verification date.

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“On this day, the Commission will endeavour to invite all those who have signed the recall register to come forward and identify their signature,” Apam said in the stakeholders’ forum on Wednesday in Lokoja.

“Here, voters will be asked to vote either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the question of whether they want Senator Dino Melaye recalled.

“If the answer meets the constitutional requirements of 51 percent ‘yes,’ the process moves to the next stage; but if it fails, the process stops,”

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