Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in
the Kogi West Senatorial rerun election, has given the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, conditions for the conduct of the supplementary
poll.
In a fresh petition submitted to the Chairman of INEC,
Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday, Melaye called for the inclusion of the omitted
areas earlier highlighted in the exercise.
The petition was, however, received by Jafaru Leko on behalf
of INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yukubu.
Melaye will on Saturday slug it out with Smart Adeyemi of
the All Progressives Congress, APC, following the cancellation of the November
16 election.
INEC had scheduled a rerun due to inconclusive rerun
senatorial election, and a rerun of House of Representative poll of Ajaokuta
federal constituency, for Saturday.
However, the sacked lawmaker stated that the data released
by the commission for the conduct of the supplementary election did not reflect
the total number of units affected by the pervasive malpractices and
irregularities.
The petition reads in part, “The re-run notice issued by
INEC covering the entire seven local government areas in Kogi West Senatorial
District as well as the details contained in this petition, further amplify the
pervasiveness of malpractices and irregularities that marred the conduct of
November 16, 2019 election.
“However, in order to partially remedy this fundamental
flaw, I request for the inclusion of the omitted areas earlier highlighted in
the supplementary poll.
“The most charitable conclusion is that INEC failed to
exercise the requisite diligence before rolling out the details of the proposed
supplementary election.”
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