Dino Melaye, lawmaker representing Kogi west senatorial district, says the move to recall him from the upper legislative chamber will land many people in jail.
Seun Okinbaloye, anchor of Politics Today, a daily programme on Channels Television, quoted the lawmaker to have said this in response to reports that files of signatures of voters in his district had been submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
“I continue to laugh at their efforts which I know is in futility. The whole exercise is a comedy of errors,” Melaye was quoted to have said.
“Nobody should take it seriously the whole thing is shrouded in money politics and cannot stand.
“We have discovered names of dead people on the list and a handwriting with similar signatures for several people on petition, the discrepancies are too much and it’s a total fraud.
“And I promise that many people will go to jail for forgery.”
According to the electoral act, one-half of the number of registered voters in a constituency is required for the recall of a lawmaker.
There are 360,098 registered voters in Kogi west.
On Monday, Pius Kolawole, special adviser to the governor, announced that 188,588 voters, representing 52.3 percent of the total number of registered voters in the district, approved the recall of Melaye.
Kolawole said the collation of signatures of voters was carried out successfully on June 17.
Melaye has accused Bello of masterminding the process.
Credit: TheCable
