The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja said that the commission spent little over N100 million on the aborted recall of Sen. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, saying, “The substantial part of it went to the payment of ad-hoc staff and logistics.’’
INEC’s chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the Commission’s Investigation Committee report on the alleged participation of under aged voters in the Feb. 10 Kano State local government election.
INEC had on Feb. 21 set up an investigation committee under the leadership of its National Commissioner, Alhaji Abubakar Nahuche.
Yakubu said that the committee had since submitted its report and INEC had carefully considered and accepted its finding and recommendations.
He said, “Based on its terms of reference, there are four key points in the findings and recommendations of the committee, which may be summarised as follows: “KANSIEC requested for and received from INEC the Kano state register of voters for the election.
“The register was produced for use for the election. However, the register was only sighted in a few polling units. In other words, the register was not used in most of the polling units.
“In fact, accreditation using the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) largely did not take place.
“Given that the register was substantially not used to accredit voters before voting, it is logical to conclude that if under aged voting occurred in the election, it was not due to any presence of under aged registrants on the register of voters.
“However, after examining some of the images in circulation, the committee found that they have been in existence long before the Kano Local Government election.
“The few images and video clips from Kano show no accreditation of voters or any relationship with the register of voters.”
