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OKOJA—The result of Kogi West
senatorial district election was falsified
by officials of the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, to favour Senator
Dino Melaye, the candidate of All
Progressives Congress, APC, the National
Assembly Election Petition Tribunal heard
yesterday.
Senator of the Kogi West Senatorial
District, Senator Dino Melaye
Mr. Feinti Dada, who was the first witness
called by Senator Smart Adeyemi, the
candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
in the election, said the poll was fraught with
irregularities in 21 units of five wards in
Lokoja Local Government Area of the state.
Dada was the agent of Senator Adeyemi in
the election which INEC declared in favour of
Senator Melaye.
Dada, who was first led in evidence by the
petitioner’s counsel, Chief Lateef Fagbemi,
said under cross examination by the
respondent’s counsel, Francis Ani, that the
result of the recount ordered by the tribunal
showed that INEC recorded voided votes
during the election in favour of Melaye.
Dada further told the tribunal that the APC
never held a primary election before Melaye
emerged as the candidate of the party,
adding that some members of the APC went
to court to challenge the emergence of
Melaye as there was no primary.
He added that documentary evidence from
INEC backed the claim that Melaye did not go
through primary.
However, when counsel to INEC, Salako Adeolu,
rose to cross examine the witness, Adeyemi’s
counsel, Fagbemi, SAN, objected, arguing that
since the commission withdrew its response to
the petition, it should not cross examine Dada.
Fagbemi, who noted that INEC was given the
opportunity to defend itself but chose to
throw away the opportunity, prayed the
tribunal not to allow the cross examination by
INEC counsel.
But Salako told the court that since spurious
and damaging allegations were levelled
against the commission, he should be allowed
to cross examine the witness, saying the only
option available to the court was to strike out
the petition.
The tribunal in its ruling, however, said as far
as INEC was a party in the case, it had the
right to cross examine the witness but could
not call any witness on its own, since it (INEC)
had withdrawn its response to the petitioner’s
motion

source: http://saharareporters.com/2015/09/18/inec-falsified-result-dino-melaye-—-witness

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Dino Melaye again!!!!

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