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                                                             By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA—Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said, yesterday, that the proposed verification for recall of   Senator Dino Melaye would go on as scheduled on Saturday. Sen. Dino Melaye Senator Melaye is currently on admission at National Hospital, Abuja, following injuries sustained as he allegedly attempted to avoid being taken to Kogi for trial by the police. But Kogi State State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. James Apam, who stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Lokoja, said the commissioner would remain unbiased on the outcome of the exercise. He said: “The verification exercise, which is the first in the line of activities to be carried out in a recall process, will be done on April 28, 2018, in 552 polling units...

                                                             Forces of evil will never triumph — Melaye *APC’s the loser – Faleke *Bello wasted N5bn – PDP *Prove allegations – Gov Bello By Boluwaji Obahopo LOKOJA —The recall verification exercise of the senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has failed after the verified signatories to the petition for his recall fell short of requirement. Sen. Dino Melaye For the verification to succeed, 50 per cent plus one of the signatories to the petition had to be verified. However, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, said only 5.34 per cent of the petitioners turned up for verification of their signatures. The Declaration Officer for the exercise, Prof. Ukertor Moti, who announced the result of the exercise held in the senatorial district on Saturday, said...

                                            By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja THE attempt to recall Senator Dino Melaye, (APC, Kogi West) flopped on Saturday following a low turn-out for the verification of signatures of petitioners. Results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC at the end of the exercise showed that only 18,742 signatories to the recall petition could be verified out of the 189,870 signatories on the petition. Verified signatories were below the requirement of the law that 50 per cent and one, of the signatories must be verified before the recall process can continue to the next stage. Sen. Dino Melaye Consequently, the embattled Senator Melaye who is in hospital after the drama that followed his arrest with the Police survived the recall attempt. Many who had thought that incarceration of the senator in the hospital, coupled with his ru...