Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission were at
the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, on Tuesday, to serve the embattled
lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Senator Dino
Melaye, the petition by his constituents to recall him.
The officials, however, met Melaye’s office (Room 2.13, New Building, Senate Wing) locked.
A Punch correspondent sighted his aides, who could have received the notice on his behalf, around the Senate chamber.
Four ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bags, believed to be containing the recall
documents and court papers, were sighted at the door to the office.
While some of the INEC officials waited at Melaye’s door, others took
positions at various entrances between the office and the Senate
chamber.
While the officials waited, Melaye was in the chamber for the day’s plenary.
The senator, however, hurriedly left the chamber at about 1.45pm,
while the session was ongoing, rushed into a waiting car at the main
entrance of the complex – the closest to the chamber – and drove off.
Some of the officials around the chamber failed in their bid to meet up with Melaye.
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