Senator Dino Melaye, on Monday gave reasons why he has refused to accept the service of petition from the electoral commission, INEC, for his recall.Mr. Melaye stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja on Monday.
The senator, who represents Kogi West Senatorial District, is facing a recall by his constituents who in a petition on June 23, 2017, called on INEC to recall him.
He was accused of poor of representation of the constituency at the Senate.
On Monday, Mr. Melaye told journalists that accepting any “purported’’ petition from INEC would amount to breaching the 1999 Constitution (Amended).
According to him, the window provided by the Constitution for the service of recall petition had elapsed and “I would not be seen to be breaching the law.”
The senator’s stance comes despite the fact that it was his suit filed at the court that eventually led to INEC suspending the recall process, before the Federal High Court eventually asked that it continues.
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