A
bid to recall Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West Senatorial District of
Kogi State has commenced.
Constituents
from Kogi West, where the senator hails from, began mobilising homeward on
Friday to register their names.
Melaye
has been at loggerheads with the state governor, Yahaya Bello, and the sole
administrator of Ijumu Local Government Area, Taofiq Isah, who is currently
standing trial for an alleged assassination attempt on the lawmaker’s life.
The
local council development areas involved in the recall process in Kogi West
Senatorial District of the state are Ijumu, Kabba/Bunu, Lokoja, Kogi,
Mopa/Amuro, Yagba West and Yagba East.
Isah
was seen at Unit One, Ilu Avon in Aiyetorogbede of Ijumu LGA, which is Melaye’s
unit, mobilising voters for the recall of the senator.
Those
who spoke said they were encouraged to put down their names to recall Melaye
from the National Assembly.
According
to the voters, they were also asked to submit photocopies of their PVCs as
evidence.
Meanwhile,
Melaye, in his reaction to the bid to recall him from the Senate, has accused
the governor of “shooting the moon and boxing the air.”
He
said, “Spending over N1bn of taxpayers’ money on an unproductive venture, when
salaries and pensions have not been paid, is wicked.
“I
will continue to defend the poor and defenceless masses of Kogi State. If I
die, I die. We must rescue the state.”
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