Wednesday 25 April 2018

INEC to begin Sen. Dino Melaye’s recall process and announce result on April 29th

A stakeholders meeting on the process of the recall (verification) of the Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West took place today at Hope Confluence Hotel Hall, Lokoja, Kogi State.

According to INEC resident electoral officer in Kogi, 'the verification exercise will be done on 28th April 2018 in 560 PU’s in the Kogi West senatorial District and the declaration of the outcome will be done at the INEC Local government office Lokoja on 29th April 2018.- Prof. James I APAM. REC, Kogi State'.

He went on to say, 'On the appointed day, d verification shall commence at 8:00am and end at 2:00pm in the PU’s in d Senatorial District provided all petitioners are on the queue by 2:00 pm. Only those who signed the petition are expected to turn up at their PU’s for verification. It is important to state that, according to the constitution and the Electoral Act, the petition would only be said to have been verified if at least 50% plus one of the Signatures or thumb prints of the Registered voters in the Constituency are verified'.

'We ve concluded all arrangements in line with our schedule of activities and are set for the exercise. Ad-hoc staff have been trained at the State and Local government levels and materials procured and sent to RACs ready for movement to the PUs on the day of verification'.
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