A stunning 52.3
percent of the registered voters in Kogi West Senatorial District want their
Senator, Dino Melaye, recalled from the Senate.
That
percentage represents 188,588 of the 360,098 registered voters in the
senatorial district. The collation of signatures
of voters which was undertaken over five days ended on June 17.
The
information was disclosed by Pius Kolawole, a special adviser to Governor
Yahaya Bello, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) announced on Monday.
Mr.
Kolawole, who was speaking to party members from the district, commended the
voters for turning out in good numbers for the collation, pointing out that
Section 69 of the 1999 constitution authorized their decision.
“In 2015, we
voted for Dino and now we are using the same method to return him home,” he
said.
Giving a
breakdown of the collation, the Returning Officer, Adamu Yusuf, said that in
terms of the seven local governments in the district, the following numbers of
registered voters are in favor of the recall:
18,374 of
the 35,331 in Yagba East;
9,186, of
the 18,356 in Mopa-Muro local government;
24,703 of
the 46,810 in Yagba West;
63,736 of
the 116,296 in Lokoja Local Government;
24,283 of
the 46,819 in Ijumu Local Government;
28,277 of
the 60,520 in Kabba/Bunu Local Government; and
24,703 of
the 46,810 in Kogi Local Government.
He disclosed
that collation will be submitted to the Independent National Electoral
Commission, for the next step in the recall process.
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