We Spent N100 Million On Failed Dino Melaye Recall – INEC Boss

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has said that the Commission spent N100 million to execute the failed attempt to recall Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi State West Senatorial Area in the red chamber of the National Assembly.

The INEC chairman told news men in Abuja today, Friday said that the figure is nowhere near the N1 billion being bandied by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said that a recall exercise is just like conducting a Senatorial election, adding that Kogi-West which Melaye represents has 552 polling units and seven local governments.

The INEC boss said that ad hoc staff were deployed in all the polling units.

Source: Punch.[myad]