Tag: Dino Melaye

The protesters campaigned for greater opportunities for youth in governance.

The lawmakers are moving to amend the Nigerian constitution.

Mr. Melaye is challenging the recall bid.

The commission cites a court order mandating the "status quo".

Parties have interpreted the "status quo" ruling differently.

Some of the senator’s constituents want him recalled.

The Commission says it is yet to receive the court papers asking it to maintain the statusquo.

The governor says such recall can happen only in Nigeria.

Dino Melaye’s lawyer explained that maintaining statusquo meant INEC should halt the recall process.

On corruption, Mr. Akpabio says the government is “fighting snakes while keeping king cobra and the black mamba as pets”.

Some of the constituents of the lawmaker want him recalled.

The embattled senator wants his colleagues to stave off the recall process.

No member of the Nigerian parliament at the local or federal level has ever been successfully recalled.

The commission said filing a lawsuit is not enough to stop INEC from carrying out its legitimate duty.

INEC has announced a timetable for the recall process of the senator.

About 188,000 people signed a petition calling for the lawmaker’s removal.

INEC will conclude the verification of the recall signatories on August 19.

The embattled lawmaker said the planned recall would fail.

INEC is set to commence the process of the recall in July.

Mr. Melaye has since condemned the move, saying it would fail.

“In 2015, we voted for Dino and now we are using the same method to return him home.”

The senator accuses Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi of voting N200 million for the recall moves.

Mr. Bello briefed Acting President Osinbajo about events in Kogi.

The police also said a rally held by a senator, Dino Melaye, had no police permit.