A federal high court in Abuja has asked the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) to continue with its process of recalling Dino
Melaye, a senator from Kogi west, from the upper legislative chamber.
In
June, the government of Kogi state claimed it had got the signatures of 188,588
of Melaye’s constituents for his recall from the senate.
It
subsequently submitted a catalog of the signatures appended to a petition to
INEC.
Following
the submission of the petition, INEC fixed August 19 for a verification
exercise – to determine if Melaye’s constituents really wanted him out of the
upper legislative chamber.
But
the lawmaker went to court to challenge the process of his recall. He alleged
that some of the signatures attached to the petition for his recall were those
of dead people.
In
July, John Tsoho, a justice of the federal high court, Abuja, asked all
the parties in the suit – INEC and Melaye – to maintain the status quo until
September 14 when he would hear the matter. The court then went on vacation
But
Nnamdi Dimgba, another judge of the federal high court, Abuja, who is
presiding all through the period of the judicial vacation, on Monday, dismissed
Melaye’s suit, and asked INEC to proceed with the process of his recall.
He
also asked INEC to serve the lawmaker a copy of the petition and a list of
petitioners, and that it should amend its timetable and give him a two-week
notice.
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