The senator
representing Kogi West senatorial district, Dino Melaye, on Wednesday, submitted
petition and 21 video clips of the electoral fraud committed during the rerun
senatorial election held last weekend, calling for total cancellation of the
poll.
Melaye, who arrived
the headquarters of the commission, had demanded to meet the chairman, Mahmood
Yakubu, but ended up presenting the petition to National Commissioner and
Chairman Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, who represented the
chairman.
Speaking to newsmen
from the sideline after submitting the letter, he still described the poll as
helicopter election, warning that if the commission wants to protect its
integrity, it must cancel the election.
He added that “If INEC
has integrity, they must have to cancel the rerun Kogi West senatorial district
election. It is surprising to hear the IGP claiming that the police used to rig
the election were fake policemen, but if we agree that they were fake police,
was the guns they were holding also fake,”.
In the letter, his
lawyer, Tobechukwu Nweke, MCArb, giving more reasons for the cancellation of
the election, warned that democracy on trial.
Responding, Okoye, who
received the letter, promised to scrutinize the evidences he provided, noting:
“We will not give you definite timeline when we get back to him.
