National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement: “…the process of recall is enshrined in the 1999 Constitution, the Electoral Act 2022 as well as the Commission’s detailed Regulations and Guidelines for Recall 2024, available on its website. All petitions will be treated in strict compliance with the legal framework.

“The petition from Kogi Central Senatorial District was accompanied by six bags of documents said to be signatures collected from over half of the 474,554 registered voters spread across 902 Polling Units in 57 Registration Areas (Wards) in the five Local Government Areas of Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori/Magongo, Okehi and Okene.

“The Commission’s immediate observation is that the representatives of the petitioners did not provide their contact address, telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es) in the covering letter forwarding the petition through which they can be contacted as provided in Clause 1(f) of our Regulations and Guidelines. The address given is “Okene, Kogi State”, which is not a definite location for contacting the petitioners. Only the telephone number of “the lead petitioner” is provided as against the numbers of all the other representatives of the petitioners.

“The Commission wishes to reiterate that the recall of a legislator is the prerogative of registered voters in a constituency who sign a petition indicating loss of confidence in the legislator representing them. Once the petition meets the requirements of submission, as contained in our regulations, the Commission shall commence the verification of the signatures in each Polling Unit in an open process restricted to registered voters that signed the petition only.

“The petitioners and the member whose recall is sought shall be at liberty to nominate agents to observe the verification, while interested observers and the media will also be accredited. At each Polling Unit, signatories to the petition shall be verified using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS.

“Consequently, if the petitioners fully comply with the requirements of Clause 1(f) of the Regulations and Guidelines regarding the submission of their petition, the Commission will announce the next steps in line with the extant laws, regulations and guidelines.

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Late monarch joined his ancestors in the early hours of Sunday.

The Ohinoyi of Ebiraland is the traditional ruler of the Ebira people. The late Ohinoyi, His Royal Majesty Alhaji Dr. AbdulRahman Ado Ibrahim, assumed office on 2 June 1997.

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Daily Dates Nigeria gathered that over 100 inmates reportedly escaped during the attack on the Kabba Correctional Centre, Kogi State.

Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of zone 8, Lokoja, Ayuba Ede has confirmed the attack.

Ayuba Ede disclosed that two soldiers on the road block before Kabba Correctional Centre,  were also killed.

Edeh said the State Commissioner of Police and other heads of security agencies have swung into action to do an assessment of the cause of the prison break.

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NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr. Faisal Shuaib disclosed this during the COVID-19 national press briefing in Abuja.

The ED added that all states have received their share of the vaccines except Kogi State.

Faisal Shuaib said Kogi state is yet to be supplied because it has not re-established its cold chain store which was allegedly vandalised during last year’s protests against SARS.

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Sunday Dare while speaking during the national press briefing on COVID-19 on Monday said the Ministry is working with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19  to ensure that the camps are safe.

He said that over 700 corps members from the current batch tested positive for COVID-19.

“It has become necessary that all safety protocols be adhered to.

“Any orientation camp that is not obeying the protocol will simply be closed as the NYSC cannot afford to risk the lives and health of corps members,” he said.

Recall that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) recently criticized Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State for rejecting COVID-19 vaccines.

Minister of Youth & Sports, Sunday Dare, however, said that corps members who might be affected if the camps get shut would be reposted to the adjoining state.

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