Dino Melaye Mocks Court Judgment On Recall, Reveal Reason Why He won’t Obey

Embattled Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has yesterday, denied claims that he was evading the service of petition and timetable for his recall process from the Senate, by the Independent National Elect0ral Commission (INEC).

Melaye, while briefing newsmen in Abuja said that accepting any “purported’’ petition from INEC would amount to breaching the 1999 Constitution (Amended).

According to Melaye, “the window provided by the Constitution for the service of recall petition had elapsed and I would not be seen to be breaching the law.”

“It is clear that by the provisions of Section 69(b) of the 1999 Constitution, INEC must act on the petition purportedly presented to it on June 23, 2017 by conducting a referendum within 90 days of receipt of the petition.”

“The 90 days period as provided for in the Constitution for conducting the referendum after our verification, elapsed on Sept. 23, 2017.”

“The time having elapsed, I cannot under the circumstance, aid and abet INEC to further infringe on the provisions of the Constitution, which I have sworn to defend.”

Melaye said that his position on the matter had been affirmed by various Supreme Court decisions. He then cited the case of Nyako v. Adamawa State House of Assembly and others (2016) and All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) v. Alhaji Mohammed Goni and others.

He said that from the apex court’s decision, the Constitution could not be amended by “mere’’ pronouncement of a court of law.

It would be recalled that the judge had said that the 90 days had been paused since the court ordered that all parties maintain status quo. Could Melaye be mocking court judgment or just buying time?