By: COMRADE JIBREEL ALMUSTAPHA, GUSAU.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received signatures from the electorates in Kogi West Senatorial District, asking for the recall of Senator Daniel Dino Melaye from the red chamber.
Reports have indicated that, six bags, which contained the signatures of 52.3 percent of the electorates from the zone and other petitions; were submitted to the Commission in Abuja in the mid hours of Wednesday June 21, 2017.
Kogi West, which Melaye represents in the Senate , has seven local governments areas .
Signatures and petitions from each of the local government area were packaged in each of the bags, which were tagged according to the names of the local governments.
The local governments and the percentage of voters who signed the recall petition showed that Yagba West had the highest number of voters asking Melaye to return home from the upper chamber.
The breakdown of the submitted signatures as shown in the petition, is Yagba West , 55.7%; Lokoja , 54.8%; Kogi, 52.77%; Yagba East, 52%; Ijumu (Melaye’s local government), 51.8%; Mopa/Moro, 50.4% and Kabba/Bunu 46.7%.
Meanwhile, Senator Daniel Melaye Dino threatens that his recall will never succeed. Where he claimed that, we have 346,788 registered voters in Kogi West (as at March 28 Presidential/NASS elections)
Exact Number of Registered per LGA in Kogi West;
*** Lokoja - 112,218
*** Kabba-Bunu - 58,422
*** Kogi (Koton Karfe) - 45,634
*** Ijumu - 45,567
*** Yagba West - 34,014
*** Yagba East - 33,630
*** Mopamuro - 17,303
*Total - 346,788*
So, to recall a Kogi West, the requirements is at least one vote above 50% of total registered voters.
50% of total registered voters in Kogi West is 173,394. They need a minimum of 173,395 signatures before INEC can proceed to next step.
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