Dino Melaye Sets To Create Record

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... As the first elected lawmaker to be recalled by his constituents


If events unfolding in Kogi West Senatorial district of Kogi state and the INEC Headquarters are anything to go by, Senator Dino Melaye, who represents the district at the national assembly, is set to set an unenviable record as the first lawmaker in Nigeria to be recalled.
A petition by some of the aggrieved voters was submitted to INEC Headquarters last Wednesday. The petition was accompanied with the signatures of the petitioners packed in seven separate Ghana-must-go bags, each for the seven local government areas that make up the Kogi West Senatorial District.
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*Senator Dino Melaye
Acting on the petition, INEC official after a meeting to discuss the matter has decided to inform Senator Melaye of the petition against. According to INEC, a date will be set later when the signatures will be verified as those of voters from the senatorial district.

According to the Punch newspaper, "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.
"A National Commissioner of INEC, Madam Mohammed Haruna, disclosed the commission’s decision in a statement issued 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 registered voters from the Kogi-West senatorial district to kick-start the process of recalling Senator Dino Melaye.
“In accordance with INEC’s 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 breakdown, as shown in the petition is: Yagba-West, 55.7 per cent; Lokoja, 54.8 per cent; Kogi, 52.77 per cent; Yagba-East, 52 per cent; Ijumu (Melaye’s local government), 51.8 per cent; Mopa/Moro, 50.4 per cent and Kabba/Bunu, 46.7 per cent.

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