Kogi State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Tuesday,
approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, praying it to halt the
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from activating process
for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye.
Other plaintiffs joined in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/601/2017, are
Alhaji Haddy Ametuo, Hon. Shaibu Osune, S.T Adejo, Comrade Yahaya Ade
Ismail, Chief Gbenga Ashagun, Ahovi S. Ibrahim, Ghali ND Usman, Isa
Abubakar, I. Molemodile, Abubakr M. Adamu and Daniel Sekpe.
INEC had announced that it would kick-start the recall process on
July 10, having earlier received petition and signatures that were
collated by Melaye’s constituents.
The electoral body had vowed to go ahead with the recall process,
saying that only a competent court of law could stop it from proceeding
with the recall process.
Specifically, Kogi APC chieftains in the suit prayed the court to,
“declare that the recall process initiated vide a purported petition
against their sponsored member of the Senate by some of his
constituents, pursuant to Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution, is
illegal, unlawful and of no effect whatsoever for being contrary and in
contravention to the rules of natural justice and constitutionally
guaranteed right to fair hearing under section 36 of the 1999
constitution.”
The plaintiffs sought for a court injunction restraining INEC from
commencing the process of recall of Melaye who they sponsored into the
Senate.
Meantime, no date has been fixed for hearing of the suit which is yet to be assigned to any judge.
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