The effort to recall the Senator Dino Melaye of Kogi West failed on Saturday following a low turn-out for the v erification of signatures. The results announced by INEC at the end of the exercise showed that only 18,742 signatories to the recall petition were verified out of the 189,870 signatories on the petition. The verified signatories came out well below the requirement of the law that 50 per cent and one of the signatories must be verified before the recall process can continue. Accordingly, the indented Senator Melaye who is in the hospital owing to the drama that followed his arrest has survived the recall attempt. Here is how the verification exercise turned out in the seven local government areas in the senatorial district, which has 351,146 registered voters. KOTON KARFE LGA TOTAL NUMBERS OF REGISTERED VOTERS – 46,727. TOTAL NUMBERS OF SIGNATURES ON THE PETITIONS – 24,459. TOTAL NUMBERS OF SIGNATURES AT VERIFICATION – 2,566. TOTAL NUMBERS OF SIGNATURES VERIFI...
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