The
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has written a senator, Dino
Melaye, notifying him that it has received a petition for his recall.
Premium Times reported the submission of the
petition to INEC on Wednesday with over 188,000 eligible voters in Mr. Melaye’s
Kogi West constituency signing for the recall.
In a statement by its spokesperson on Thursday,
INEC confirmed it had received the petition and written the senator about it.
“The Commission has formally acknowledged the
receipt of the petition to the petitioners’ representatives and has conveyed a
letter notifying Senator Melaye of our receipt of the petition,” Mallam Haruna,
an INEC National Commissioner said in the statement.
Mr. Melaye has condemned the recall move,
saying it would fail and was being sponsored by Kogi State Governor Yahya
Bello.
Although Messrs. Melaye and Bello belong to the
same party, APC, they are political foes.
In its statement, INEC also said it would
publish, on July 3, details of verification process of all the signatories to
the petition to confirm if they are indeed eligible voters in Mr. Melaye’s
constituency.
Should Mr. Melaye’s recall succeed, he would be
the first senator ever recalled in Nigeria’s history.
Read
the full INEC statement below.
The Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC) held its regular weekly meeting today and considered the petition
submitted by some 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 formally
acknowledged the receipt of the petition to the petitioners’ representatives
and has conveyed a letter notifying Senator Melaye of our receipt of the
petition.
The next step is to verify that the petitioners
are registered voters in the Kogi West Senatorial District.
INEC will, on the 3rd of July, 2017 issue a
public notice stating the day(s), time, location and other details for the
verification exercise.
-Premium Times
No comments:
Post a Comment