Senator representing Kogi West, Senator Dino Melaye appears to be counting his days in the red chamber, as the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released time-table for his recall back to the village.
In the recall time-table, INEC will give a notice of verification on July 10, 2017 and would be posted in the commission’s local government area office in Lokoja.
The Commission fixed July 31 as the last day for submission of application by interested observers at the INEC headquarters while August 10 would be the last day for submission of names of verification agents for Senator Melaye and the petitioners.
The time table showed that on August 15, there will be a stakeholders’ meeting at the INEC state office, while the conduct of the verification will take place on August 19 with the outcome of the verification scheduled to be declared the same day. [myad]
