Melaye’s Recall: Man threatens to sue INEC over wife’s name on display list

The recall exercise of Sen. Dino Melaye which held today, Saturday April 28, appears to have suffered setback following reports of boycott of the verification exercise  by most electorates of Kogi West Senatorial District, even as Fresh Angle International  gathered that one Samuel Olukotun allegedly threatened to sue those behind imputing his wife's name, Feyisayo Olukotun, on the list.

Your soar-away International Tabloid learnt that across the seven local government areas that make up the district, there was apathy as electorates reportedly failed to show up.

In Lokoja, mild drama ensued at some of the polling units, with electorates surprised to see their names on the displayed list.

At felele, the member representing Lokoja 2, in the State House of Assembly told correspondents that electorates came out, but could not find their names.

Reports say at Agbaja, protest rocked the exercise as the protesters claimed they accidentally found their names with forged signatures on the list.

In Mopa and polling units in Egbe, Yagba West, there was a partial boycott with INEC and Security officials, sitting and waiting for electorates to appear for verification.

At  Ijumu, the exercise had a challenge with the arrest of agents allegedly representing Dino Melaye. This however sparked off protest from all polling units.

In Kogi Local Government Area, units within the township witnessed low turnout, but had some impressive turnout according to the administrator, Mohammed Tanko, in the hinterlands.

The Administrator said he was impressed with the turnout and orderly conduct of the exercise.

In Yagba East, electorates were seen clustered around polling units, observing the exercise but did not present themselves for the recall exercise. Most polling units visited showed low turnout as electorates majorly stayed away.

The exercise was marred by complaints over forged signatures by electorates who claimed they never signed the recall. 

Similarly, names of dead electorates were observed by constituents, as the card readers also in most cases were not put to use by the INEC officials.

Though security arrangement was quite impressive in the local government areas as there were no challenge recorded on the whole.

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