Melayes recall: INEC only concerned about transparency, says Mohammed
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he lauded the peaceful conduct of the people before and during the exercise1 independent national electoral commission inec cannot be held responsible for the poor turnout of petitioners in saturdays verification of signatures for the recall of senator dino melaye an official has said1 haruna said that the main concern of inec was to ensure transparency in the process insisting that the organisation was neutral in the bid to recall melaye from the senate1 turnout is not our problem turnout is the problem of parties concerned ours is to ensure transparency haruna said1 commenting on insinuations that inec might tamper with the wish of the people the commissioner said that nothing like that would happen stressing that the agency had no interest in who won or lost in the matter1 nothing untoward will happen i assure you . whatever happened at the polling units is what inec will announce he stated1 commenting on the mix up in the list of petitioners haruna said that mistakes in such exercise was normal but gave an assurance that the mistakes would be corrected1 the inec federal commissioner in-charge of kogi kwara and nasarawa states alhaji mohammed haruna made the statement in lokoja after the end of the exercise1 news agency of nigeria nan reports that in koton karfe and lokoja the people conducted themselves well although the turnout was poor1 at ukwo polling unit in koton karfe 18 out of 440 petitioners came for the verification while at oworo polling unit in felele area of lokoja none of the 815 petitioners showed up1 also at polling unit 004 of ward 3 in lokoja 32 out of the 1251 petitioners showed up1 during the exercise there was no case of malfunctioning of card reader machines while security personnel adequately manned the polling centres1 melaye representing kogi west in the assembly has been struggling to retain his seat following a petition by some of his constituents in 2017 that he was not representing them well1 the senators accusers gathered signatures to demand his recall but melaye who accused the state governor mr yahaya bello of being the mastermind of the plot mobilised his supporters to resist the move1 he subsequently approached the court to stop the process but could not get the relief he sought at the court of appeal1