About 188,588 voters, representing 52.3 per cent
of the total number of registered voters in Kogi West senatorial district, have
reportedly approved the recall of Dino Melaye from the Senate.
The Special Adviser to the state governor on
political affairs, Pius Kolawole, announced this on Monday in Lokoja while
addressing party members from the district.
He said that the collation of signatures of
voters to that effect was carried out successfully on June 17.
Mr.
Kolawole commended voters in the district for turning out en masse for the
exercise, saying that Section 69 of the 1999 constitution backed their action.
“In
2015, we voted for Dino and now we are using the same method to return him
home,” he said.
Announcing the result of the collation, the
Returning Officer, Adamu Yusuf said that 188,588 out of the 360,098 in the
senatorial district endowed Melaye’s recall.
While giving the breakdown of the result per the
seven local governments in the district, Mr. Yusuf said that 18,374 of the
total number of 35,331 registered voters in Yagba East approved the recall.
Others are 9,186, out of 18,356 voters in
Mopa-Muro local government; 24,703 out of 46,810 voters in Yagba West; 63,736
out of 116,296 in Lokoja Local Government; and 24,283 out of 46,819 in Ijumu
Local Government.
In Kabba/Bunu Local Government, 28,277 out of
60,520 voters endorsed the recall, while 24,703 out of 46,810 voters in Kogi
Local Government voted for move to recall Melaye.
According to Mr. Yusuf, with this, the next move
is to submit the document to the Independent National Electoral Commission,
INEC, for the next action.
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