The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday said only a legitimate court order could stop process for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye as demanded by his Kogi West constituents.
Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the commission, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, on Tuesday in Abuja.
He said that filing a lawsuit was not enough to stop the recall process.
INEC had on Monday released the schedule of activities for the recall of Mr. Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate, with August 19 fixed for verification of signatures of petitioners demanding his recall.
But, various suits have been instituted in courts to stop the process.
The cases include those by Mr. Melaye and Concerned Kogi Registered Voters, filed separately at a Federal High Court in Abuja seeking an order to halt INEC from conducting the verification of signatures and the recall.
Mr. Oyekanmi said that the actions of the commission were being guided by the provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Act.
“The constituents came with sacks of documents which they said were `the signatures’ of more than half of the voting population of Kogi West Senatorial District, which Melaye represents.
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