Concerned Kogi Registered Voters (CKRV) has filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking to stop the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from commencing verification of signatures collected in order to recall Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West at senate.
Addressing newsmen yesterday in Abuja, convener of the
group, Olowosayo Gabriel Sunday, claimed that names of dead persons and people
who did not reside in the district appeared on the recall register submitted to
INEC.
The applicants, who frowned at the 188,000 signatures which
were submitted to INEC, noted that while 111,534 voted in the general election
in Kogi West, the total number of registered voters in Kogi West was 360,098.
According to a copy of the motion which was made available
to newsmen, INEC, which was the first respondent, was sued alongside eight
other respondents, comprising some aides of Governor Yahaya Bello and state
lawmakers from the senator’s district.
By Ameh Comrade Godwin
