Officials
of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday stormed the
National Assembly complex to formally notify a senator, Dino Melaye, of his
recall petition.
INEC recently resumed the recall
process after a court ruled against the senator who tried to stop the recall. It was reported that the
senator was not in his office when INEC officials arrived.
Mr. Melaye, representing Kogi West
Senatorial District, is facing a recall by his constituents who in a petition
on June 23 called on INEC to recall him.
On Monday, Mr. Melaye told
journalists that accepting any “purported’’ petition from INEC would amount to
breaching the 1999 Constitution (amended).
He said that the “The 90 days
period as provided for in the Constitution for conducting the referendum after
our verification, elapsed on Sept. 23, 2017.” The
lawmaker was reportedly in the Senate chamber when the officials arrived.
The loads of the INEC documents
were eventually dropped at the door of Mr. Melaye’s office, which was locked
when the electoral commission’s officials arrived.
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