The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday dismissed an appeal by Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, challenging the validity of the process of his recall embarked upon by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The unanimous judgment of a three-man panel of the Appeal Court also dismissed the suit which Melaye had filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the validity of the recall process.
With the Court of Appeal’s dismissal of the suit, the preconditions earlier given by the Federal High Court in Abuja for INEC to fulfil before continuing the recall had been set aside.
The appeal court’s judgment has therefore paved the way for INEC to continue the recall process which had been stalled since June 23, 2017, when Melaye commenced the suit.
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