You will have to wait until after the elections. Omo-Agege will first have to be re-elected before he can be eligible to contest

Nogodye:
Celebrating corruption...God dey

How exactly are they celebrating corruption?

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TMemos:


Point of correction: not all offences are bailable.

I'm not interested in this case but I just felt the need to correct you.

All the offences that Dino is charged with are bailable and Dino will definitely secure bail on all charges

adem30:
So na ordinary escape from lawful arrest Dino paid wooping N90m for as bail?

Chai, only God knows how many million Nigerian has maid over bail since 2015



Weldone guys

bros even one Naira dem no payoo. All the surety needs to do is to deposit with the court documents of properties worth that amount

pyx:
This is normal, we are waiting for him to be tried appropriately in the law court with respect to the rule of law wether he know about the allegation of conspiracy and gun running. Dino and others should know that "he who stays in glass house must not throw stone" the allegation of election rigging which the inec woman admitted is still on hold.

if you like arraign him on all charges with N2billion surety on all charges he will definitely be granted bail and meet up all his bail conditions. All offences are bailable and there is simply nothing Buhari can do about it.

but the babe ugly shaa

Tufiakwa!!!! what sort of religion is this for Christ sake!!!!!.The fool who denotated the bomb wil believe he will get 72 virgins for this act of wickedness!!! Haba!!

castrol180:
Good news but to the Igbos the supplier 'bad news'

are your people not mumu for allowing IPOB to supply to them!!! Better face your junkie of a kinsmen

HisSexcellency:


Just imagining what Bello would do if as soon as PMB returns from the US, Dino runs to him and apologizes to him pledging his full support to his re-election bid.
Will the whole matter die naturally or will Bello still go ahead to fight someone in the president's camp.

Dino is not a coward nor an ass licker!!!

Handsomecole:
Governor Yahaya Bello has once again shown he is a man with a Golden Heart.
Thanks for having mercy on DINO.
He won't understand because he is too ignorant. At the end of the day Party is supreme no Victor no vanquished. I hope he learns his lesson and concentrate on his Senatorial Assignment which he has failed to deliver.

are you sure you are mentally alright? Bello that was disgraced yesterday alongside Buhari has a golden heart?

so Dino should stop doing his work on the floor of the senate? Distinguished SDM is not a coward and will never be.He is definitely not going down.From all indications the recall process has flopped

ArmedRobber:
stop beating about.

Inec has the power to issue or withdraw certificate of return for public office holder.
Saraki part is just a formality process that cannot alter or stop the process.
Just like chief judge of the federation declining to swear in a democratic elected president with certificate of return .it will never stop the president from ascending to the seat .
To cut the short, saraki part is ceremonial it cannot stop or alter the process.
Once inec completes her part Dino certificate is withdrawn. The security officers re notified .Dino can never be allowed to enter the nass complex until another person is elected by the constituency

CONTINUE DECEIVING YOURSELF.wHEN THE PROCESS IS NOT COMPLETED COME AND REMOVE HIM LETS SEE.FROM ALL INDICATIONS THE RECALL APPEARS TO HAVE FALIED AS PEOPLE HAVE SHUNNED THE VERIFICATION PROCESS

The ongoing process to recall Senator Dino Melaye has commenced with electorates showing reluctance to appear for verification.

As at 11:00am, DAILY POST correspondent, who visited some polling units in Lokoja, especially in Mopa, and Yagba East LGAs, reports that residents stayed away from the exercise.

At Amorley frontage, no electorate had appeared to be verified as of the time of this report.

Also at St Mary’s, Crowther, Lokoja club, and Nepa Frontage in Lokoja, it was same situation.

As at 11:01 a.m. in Lokoja club, out of 875 persons that reportedly signed the recall form, only two electorate had showed up to verify their signature.

This was greeted with controversy as they both claimed that they were not part of those making effort to recall the embattled senator.


In the list posted in the above polling units, our correspondent observed duplication of signatures.

A resident of the area Samuel Olukotun told our correspondent that his wife’s name was on the list, which according to him was forged.

According to him, “My wife Feyisayo Olukotun did not sign anything to recall Dino Melaye. This is a forged signature. I will sue any one behind this act”.

At Paparanda Square, the unit witnessed appearance of some electorate, but none of them had their signatures in the list.


At Ukwo Okoriko in Kogi Koton Karfe Local government, out of 440 electorate that signed the recall form, as at 11:20am, only eighteen people have showed up for the process.

Kogi Koton Karfe has 67 polling units.

In Mopa and polling units in Egbe, Yagba West, there was a complete boycott as of the time of this report with INEC and Security officials, sitting and waiting for electorates to appear for verification.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/04/28/dino-melayes-recall-apathy-trails-exercise-kogi/

forgiveness:




That is your own interpretation but others are different opinion.

In such case, it's the Judiciary that must interpret the constitutional not you, SP or Ekweremandu..

Even if doesn't end up with this present Senate, it can be used in future if such scenerio pop up.

In that case when INEC finishes their abracadabra we will spend another 12 months in the court while Dino will remain a distinguished senator of the FRN

smalls001:


Oga, the last step is just ceremonial. At that point he's no longer a valid senator. SIMPLE!!!!

There is nothing ceremonial about a constitutional matter.The constitution states that the senate resident must be satisfied with the process and give effect to it before a senator is recalled.

cptjacksparrow:
When INEC withdraws the certificate of return the person will no longer be addressed as a Senator. The person can now go to court to challenge the process that led to the withdrawal. Let's not be sentimental about issues, because we don't like a group of people does not mean we will support every act of Rascality. The power to recall Senator Dino can only be determined by the people of Kogi West Senatorial District. Senator Dino also have the right to challenge the legitimacy of the process in court.

only when the recall process is completed does he cease to be a senator.INEC is not the last port of call in the recall of a senator.Until his seat is declared vacant by the SP he will remain a senator

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CilicMarin:


Mr. Man, Senate President's role in the recall process is just ceremonial. Before the INEC issues the Senate President Certificate of Recall, it must have withdrawn the Certificate of return.

Why do you think Dino is running to courts to stop the process?

There is nothing ceremonial about a constitutional process.The senate president must "give effect" when he is presented with " satisfactory evidence" before the recall process is completed

agabusta:






Once INEC withdraws his certificate of return, the police, DSS and other security agencies have the legal backing to declare him persona non grata in and around the National Assembly complex.

And with his recent altercation with the police, they'll gleefully carry out the action to the letter.

Don't forget that all the security forces manning the National Assembly report to the Executive.

INEC will also Elect a new senator to that position and issue a certificate of return to the newly elected senator. The new senator will equally present himself at the National Assembly to be sworn in as the senator for Kogi West brandishing his INEC issued certificate for all to see.

There is no where in the constitution that says the Senate has to ratify the recall process. As per the snippet posted above, the Senate President will show him the door. Either he is shown or not, does not invalidate the recall.

Either ways, it's a lose lose for Dino. What makes it more complicated for him is the fact that Saraki is reluctant to declare open war with Buhari. Saraki is being careful and it's his foot soldiers like Dino that will bite the dust.

As it is, Dino is on his own! Till all the legal battles that may arise from the recall, and the others he is presently facing are over, he'll be effectively kept away from the National Assembly. And in essence making whoever he has issues with to have achieved their objectives.

No new election will hold unless the recall process is completed as laid out in the constitution

rusher14:


Correct me if I'm wrong but a recall would be followed by the replacement of the deposed senator wouldn't it?

It would be criminal to prevent the constituency from having representation.

A replacement can only happen when the recall process is completed.If the process is not completed Dino will remain a senator

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Melaye’s recall: Petitioners must convince Senate or process is futile – Ekweremadu



The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the ongoing move to recall Senator Dino Melaye would be an exercise in futility if those orchestrating his recall fail to convince lawmakers why the senator should be recalled.

Making his contribution on a point of order raised by Senator Melaye to notify the Senate of the ill-motivated recall moves, Ekwerenmadu urged to Senate not to dissipate effort on a process that is tantamount to a waste of time.

While listing the procedure involved in recalling a senator, The Deputy President of the Senate said that section 69 of the 199 Constitution as amended, those who signed the recall register would have to come out and line up to verify their signatures.

He said that an amendment to the process of recall was effected in 2010 adding that those behind the purported recall of Senator Melaye were only relying on the section of the constitution without the amendment.

He went on to stress that the reason for the amendment was to ensure that state governors do not become so powerful such that they could not be criticised by their representatives in the National Assembly.

He added that after the verification and other relevant processes, they would still have to convince the lawmakers on why the Senator needed to be recalled.

Earlier while raising the point of order, Melaye said that the recall register was signed by persons who have already been declared dead, adding that some people have even come out to deny their signatures.

He went on to say that some of those who purportedly signed the register were deceived into signing by the State governor who is the mastermind of the recall.

He said, “The names and signatures on the recall register was forged by Kogi state officials and Governor Yahaya Bello is the one sponsoring the recall for malicious purposes.

“The total score of both valid and invalid vote of nine candidates is 118,000 but my governor and his appointees in four days claimed that they got over 188,000 signatures.

“Nowhere in my constituency did they sit to receive people’s signatures, they got INEC database for registered voters and copied in one handwriting and forged all the signatures.
“As I speak to you, I have over 120 death certificates issued by the National Population Commission, and these people’s relatives and families have sworn to affidavits but the names of all these dead people appeared on the recall register submitted to INEC.

“Mr President, 116 of my constituents have also sworn to affidavits that their names and signatures appeared on the recall register and they were not the ones that signed it.

“Over 86 of my constituents have stated that they were approached that the government wanted to carry out a fertiliser empowerment programme and requested for their PVCs and were thereby deceived into putting their names on the register.

“All these affidavits have been submitted to INEC and the court,” he said.

Melaye stressed that the reason why he had come to the chamber was to alert it to the situation whereby a senator would call for an ameliorative measure in his state and they would request his recall.

He said that his only sin was that he asked the governor to pay 17 months salary and pension to workers who deserve their wages.

He stressed that it was wrong for the state to be spending so much money on the recall process when such money can pay salaries and allowances.

The senator, therefore, called on his colleagues to ensure that they do not allow a wrong precedence to be set in a democratic setting like Nigeria.

http://www.punchng.com/melayes-recall-petitioners-must-convince-senate-or-process-is-futile-ekweremadu/

agabusta:


Biased opinion.

You still don't get it right? Once INEC completes their process and it is not in favour of Dino, police will move in and ensure his shadow doesn't get close to the National Assembly.


Before all the cases will get resolved, the 8th senate would have been over.

Easier said than done.It is the SP that will complete the recall process of a senator and not INEC

CilicMarin:
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Immediately The INEC finishes with the recall process, it will declare Dino seat vacant and another election conducted.

Dem no born Saraki well.

My dear it is the SP that will declare the seat vacant and not INEC.Besides Melaye will claim the process was flawed and go to court again.The SP will defer till the end of the court case

I knew the claim that he jumped out of a moving van was false.The police will never say the truth in their lives

farem:


It's obvious you are speaking of old or you have previously engaged to take census of church building in Europe.

Unfortunately, those didn't help you because your assignment didn't take you to know the attendance in the churches you visited or told of.

Blind people know that Pentecostalism is taking church back to where it was.

I am sorry to even mentioned the word PENTECOSTALISM. These kind of terms are use positively or negatively by those who only accept tradition and denomination without the Savior of the Church and are still blind to what the Church of God is.

The Church is marching on and the gates of hell cannot prevail.

Jesus alone is Head of the Church, any other 'saint' made to be assuming such position is a demon!

continue dreaming!!! Even in the US where it was born it is not even up to 10% of the Christian population.Pentecostals are only good in making noise.Europe has never been pentecostal

The states should provide lands for ranching? Buhari and his zombie brothers are not yet serious.Even their foreign terrorist brothers will only show evidence of travel and will be allowed!!!! Inukwa!!!

HigherEd:
Awesome. With over 700 branches now in UK, RCCG can spark up a new spiritual awakening in Europe. They are currently the best Nigerian church poised for that. And I sincerely believe RCCG can do it! Just need to start disciplining white pastors to bridge the cultural divide.
Lalasticlala

Pentecostalism is virtually non-existent in Europe.The religious sect has very liitlle or no influence in Europe.The dominant Christian churches are the Catholic church,Eastern Orthodox Churhes,Anglicans,methodists and lutherans

Ganjafama:
Yeah! So I I learnt from someone who knew him.

na waooo

Ganjafama:
RIP, bawomolo and ogaga4luv

Ogaga4luve dead?The Satanist guy?

Anas09:
I met vook here, he left but his account is active.

One guy i admired so much his intellectual prowess was Viaro, he posted last 2010, his account is still active. What about SirJohn? Nuclearboy? dem plenty. sometimes an old thread is pull up, we see all the old guys.

And, maybe some people got tired of the stupidity here but didn't bother to deactivate but just left.

viaro is a female.Her first account here was Pilgrim1.You can search and read up her old posts

Continue to RIP Bawomolo He was active on this section of NL before his demise in 2010

If I may ask what particular case led to his name been struck off