National Association of Nigerian
Students (NANS) has thrown its weight behind the recall process of the Senator
representing Kogi West senatorial district, Senator Dino Malaye.
NANS on Thursday frowned at
attempts by some politicians to halt the process by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC).
National President of NANS, Aruna
Kadiri, told newsmen in Abuja that moves to intimidate the commission in a
lawful exercise of its constitutional mandate was unfortunate and against
democratic tenets.
NANS, according to him, would hit
the streets in protest if the process is halted.
While noting that NANS is not
supporting anyone, he insisted that interference in a legitimate exercise of an
electoral commission stands condemnable.
Kadiri said, “We align with the
view of INEC that the process of recall of any legislator should not be stopped
by courts but such cases should be given accelerated hearing even after the
process.”
He decried how the TETFund probe
linked to INEC was being used to discredit the recall process, saying, “This is
a failed blackmail and we reject it completely and will resist any attempt to
derail INEC in the legitimate discharge of its constitutional rights.”
Kadiri further disclosed that the
body has commenced mobilization of students to foil plot by desperate
politicians “to hijack the 2019 elections”.
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court
sitting Abuja on Thursday fixed August 7, to hear the suit challenging the
order that stopped INEC from going ahead with the recall process of
Senator Dino Melaye.
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