Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court, seeking an order restraining the INEC from proceeding with his recall from the Senate. Mr Melaye’s appeal is sequel to a judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal on March 16, which gave INEC the go ahead to continue […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it is not backing off in the process to recall Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west. Since its commencement three months ago, Melaye’s recall process has been entangled in a legal tussle. Speaking at the quarterly consultative meeting at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, Mahmood Yakubu, INEC […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a fresh timetable for “Melaye’s recall”, the name that is widely used for the recall process of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west senatorial district. Augusta C. Ogakwu, the commission’s secretary, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday. According to the new timetable, the recall process […]
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Following the clearance given to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to continue with Senator Dino Melaye’s recall process, the embattled legislator has vowed to file an appeal on Tuesday. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba who presided over the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, ordered the continuation of the recall process after dismissing the senator’s […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approached the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) to intervene in the recall process of Sen. Dino Melaye which was stopped by the federal high court, Abuja. Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, National Commissioner and acting Chairman of INEC explained in a statement he issued on Saturday in Abuja said that […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday announced that it is obeying a court order to maintain a status quo on the suit filed by Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye over his recall from the senate. INEC has also decided to take immediate steps to vacate the court order and for […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has declared that efforts made to recall Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west, should have gone into more “important things”. Saraki said this after Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, contributed to a motion moved by Melaye on the recall process. Melaye had told his colleagues that Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, was […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the timetable and schedule of activities for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District. The commission released the timetable in a statement Mrs Augusta Ogakwu, Secretary of the Commission, on Monday in Abuja. Ogakwu said that on July 10, INEC would issue verification […]
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The Senator representing Kogi West in the national assembly, Dino Melaye, has alleged names and signatures of dead constituents are on the list of the signatures collected to influence his recall. Addressing reporters in Lokoja, the state capital, on Sunday, Melaye said the signature of a dead biology teacher was found on the list. Melaye, […]
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The process for the recall of Sen. Dino Melaye is gathering momentum as his constituents, Kogi West Senatorial District, submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding his removal from the Senate. Melaye is a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), represents the district at the upper chamber of the National […]
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