Commission awaits court directive on Melaye

By Peter Moses

Abeokuta

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday said it was awaiting the court to determine the next step in the bid to recall Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye. The commission’s chairman, Mahmud Yakubu, said Melaye had been battling the recall process initiated by some of his constituents, who in a petition on June 23, called for his removal from the Senate. Yakubu said Melaye approached the Federal High Court to stop INEC from proceeding with the process, but the court rejected his application. “The 90 days period as provided for in the Constitution for conducting the referendum after our verification, elapsed on Sept. 23, 2017, even though his legal challenge was responsible for delaying the process. “It was due to his initial refusal to accept the petition that officials of INEC moved to serve him the documents in respect of the petition. “The recall process is therefore stalled until the court again decides on the next step to be taken”, Yakubu added

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