The Independent National Electoral
Commission says it has formally
notified Senator Dino Melaye of the
demand by the people of his
constituency to recall him from the
Senate.
It said that the decision to inform
Melaye was taken at its meeting held
in Abuja on Thursday , where the
petition submitted by voters in Kogi
West Senatorial District was
considered.
The commission also said that it would
issue a notice to the petitioners and
Melaye on July 3 , on when it would
begin the verification of the signatures
of those who signed the notice.
INEC’s National Commissioner and
member Information and Voter
Education Committee , Madam
Mohammed Haruna , disclosed the
commission ’s decision in a statement
in Abuja.
Aggrieved voters from Melaye’s
constituency were at the commission ’s
headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday
where they presented their petition on
their demand for the recall of the
senator .
Haruna said , “ INEC has held its
regular weekly meeting today and
considered the petition submitted by
whole registered voters from Kogi
West senatorial district to kickstart the
process of recalling Senator Dino
Melaye.
“ In accordance with the INEC
guidelines for the recall of members of
the National Assembly , the
Commission has finally acknowledged
the receipt of the petition to the
petitioners representatives and has
conveyed a letter notifying Senator
Dino Melaye of our receipt of the
petition.
“ The next step is to verify that the
petitioners are registered voters in
Kogi West senatorial district .
“ INEC will on July 3 , 2017 , issue public
notice stating dates , time , location and
other details for the verification of the
exercise. ”
Kogi West, which Melaye represents in
the Senate, has seven local
governments areas .
Signatures and petitions from each of
the local government areas were
packaged in seven bags, which were
tagged according to the names of the
local governments, and submitted to
the commission .
The local governments and the
percentage of voters who signed the
recall petition showed that Yagba West
had the highest number of voters
asking Melaye to return home from
the Senate.
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