On Friday, the court of appeal,
Abuja, dismissed all the grounds of appeal which Melaye filed against the
judgement of the federal high court in Abuja.
The lower court had asked the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to proceed with the senator’s
recall.
Melaye, through Mike Ozekhome,
his lawyer, had requested a federal high court in Abuja to declare the petition
submitted to INEC on his recall as illegal and unconstitutional.
He also asked the court to
nullify the recall, saying it breached his rights but Nnamdi Dimgba, the
presiding judge, did not grant Melaye’s prayers.
Few hours after losing out the
appellate court, Melaye assured his supporters not to be bothered as he “is
appealing the judgement of the appeal court immediately”.
“The judgement by the appeal
court today is nothing to be bothered about. I urge my supporters to be relaxed
as though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet I fear no evil.
Every lie has an expiry date. We are appealing the judgement immediately,”
Melaye tweeted.
The judgement by the appeal court today is nothing to be bothered about. I urge my supporters to be relaxed as though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death yet I fear no evil. Every lie has an expiry date. We are Appealing the judgement immediately— Senator Dino Melaye (@dino_melaye) March 16, 2018
Melaye’s travails started after INEC wrote to
him on June 22 to inform him that it had received a petition from his
constituents.
A total of 188,588 registered
voters in Kogi west were said to have signed the petition for Melaye’s recall.
According to the electoral act,
one-half of the number of registered voters in a constituency is required for
the recall of a lawmaker.
#13.5 MILLION MONTHLY IS NOT A JOKE........VISION LESS FELLOW.
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