The senator had said: “Let me
also sound it that here in Lokoja local government council, several others
whose names and signatures appeared on the list of the signatories to this
failed exercise were identified and known to us as being dead long before.”
The issue died down after a
federal high court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to suspend the process.
However, following another court
ruling, INEC began the process of verifying the “188,000 signatures” of
constituents who were said to have signed the recall petition, on Saturday.
The exercise was marred by
irregularities such as apathy, late arrival of electoral officials and
unverifiable signatures.
When some polling units were
visited, it was discovered that while some of the names on the register were
not signed, some of the names on the register were those of people who are
dead.
At polling unit 6, ward A, some
constituents said they could identify names of the dead on the recall register.
These claims could not be
independently verified. One of such “deceased” persons was Musa Umoru with
voter card number: 90F5B04920295994341, said to have died “for more than five
years” and whose profile reads ‘business.’
Another is Abubakar Ameh, said to
have died three years ago, with the voter card number: 90F5B049202955134330
also into “business”; as long as well as Abubakar Zainab, with voter card
number: 90F5B04920295430341, said to have died two years ago.
There is also one Mohammed Okoko,
a former judge who, according to the constituents, died in 2014, and whose name
was featured on the register.
‘NAMES WITHOUT SIGNATURES’
At piling unit 6, ward A, Abu
Hassana and Abu Saratu whose names were following each other, had one fingerprint
against their names, same with Achimugu Katrine and Achimugu Abraham.
The observations, if confirmed to
be true, may mar the recall process and in the end, affect its outcome.
Ahmed Biambo, head, voter
education and publicity, at INEC office in Kogi, had not responded to inquiries
made, as of the time this report was filed.
culled:Thecable
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