Those Asking For My Recall Are Not My Constituents – Dino Melaye

Those who came asking for my recall are not my constituents, They are sponsored by Smart Adeyemi and Kogi Governor – Dino Melaye.

THOSE were the words of Senator representing Kogi-west, Dino Melaye, on his reaction when constituents from his Senatorial district on Friday stormed the office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lokoja to pick forms to commence the process of recalling him from the National Assembly.

On Sunday, Melaye in a programme on Channels Television, Sunday Politics, where he and Senator Adeyemi ( a former Senator from the district and his rival ) were guest, said those who were calling for his recall from the red chamber are not his constituents.

He said the protest was politically sponsored by Adeyemi and his state governor, Yahaya Bello for asking that workers and pensioners from the state be paid their entitlements.

Reacting to an audio tape which surfaced online allegedly suggesting that Melaye bribed a judge to obtain victory at the election tribunal which challenged his emergence as the Senator representing Kogi-west, Senator Adeyemi confirmed that the audio tape of bribery involving Melaye and Justice Ikpeme was bearing the true voices of the duo.

Reacting, Melaye described the tape as a “satanic collabo” between Adeyemi, Sahara Reporters ( the online news medium which published the audio tape) and others, urging him to be ready to prove that in court.

On representing his constituency in the Senate, the controversial Senator boasted of being the “Senator with the highest number of motions and one of the highest presenters of bills in the Senate.”

He also said project are ongoing in all the local government in his constituency with some of them nearing completion.

In terms of Intergrity, Melaye alleged that Adeyemi, got several contracts from Kogi and Rivers states which he has not completed, threatening to reopen the matter. Mr. Adeyemi has so far asked him to get ready to prove his allegations in court.

Last Friday, the leader of the protest, Mr. Muhammed Tanko who is also the Administrator of Kogi local government while addressing officials of INEC noted that all the Local Government Areas comprising Kogi West Senatorial Zone are united in their resolve to recall Senator Dino Melaye.

“We have compiled the key reasons to show the world that Senator Dino Melaye’s recall is not only long overdue, but the right thing to do in the best interests of Kogi West Senatorial Zone, Kogi State.”

Hon. Tanko opined that Senator Dino persists in portraying their Senatorial Zone as hostile to the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State respectively, for no just cause and not minding the impact on them.

“Whether the appropriate authorities act or not, we the people of his constituency who are at the receiving end of his shameful deeds have run out of patience and are resolved to recall and replace him with a decent and people-oriented Senator.

“We understand the requirements of S69 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 regarding the recall of such a member of the National Assembly and hereby assure everyone that Kogi Central Senatorial Zone is united in this and will achieve it.

“We hereby give the Kogi State Government notice that we are going through with this and if they will not help us, they must also not try to stop us or put obstacles in our way, in particular, everything the Law requires to be done by the Administration in Lokoja in aid of this process must be done with dispatch.

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