The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the recall process of the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye on Saturday.
This follows the Appeal Court ruling which gave INEC the go-ahead to carry out the exercise.
INEC on Wednesday announced the commencement of verification exercise of voters in his constituency.
The exercise, scheduled for Saturday, April 28th, is in line with the constitutional provision that 50+1 registered voter must be confirmed to have signed the recall petition register.
The Kogi State resident electoral commissioner, Prof. James Apam, in a press conference on Wednesday in Lokoja said that the Commission had put all necessary modalities in place to ensure a hitch-free exercise.
“The verification exercise, which is the first in the line of activities to be carried out in a recall process, will be done on 28th April, 2018 in 560 polling units in the Kogi West Senatorial District,” he said.
Apam said that the result of the exercise would be announced on Sunday when collation is expected to have been concluded.
According to him, “The result of the verification exercise would determine whether or not to proceed to the next stage, which is a referendum.”
The REC said that no party agents would be allowed access to any polling units but local observers would be allowed to monitor the exercise.
The resident electoral commissioner said that Senator Dino Melaye has been duly informed, while stakeholders’ meeting was held on the 25th of April to inform them of these processes.
The embattled senator is currently in the hospital after sustaining injuries while trying to escape lawful police custody while being conveyed to Lokoja to appear in court. He has been accused of gun-running an allegation he has denied.
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