List of Dead People Who Signed Melaye's Recall Petition

Senator Dino Melaye on Sunday named some of the dead persons whose names are allegedly on the list of those that he claimed signed the recall forms submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

 

In a statement by Malam Abubakar Sadiq, one of his legislative aides, some of the dead people mentioned include: 

Abdullahi Abubakarlate Halima Lawal AbubakarIbrahim AdamaSalihu BlackThe statement on behalf of Melaye read, “Let me also sound authoritatively that here in Lokoja Local Government Council, several others whose names and signatures appeared on the list of the signatories to this failed exercise were identified and known to us as being dead long before now.”

“Such people like late Abdullahi Abubakar, his immediate younger sister late Halima Lawal Abubakar and Ibrahim Adama of Unit Code 021, Adankolo Ring Road in Ward ‘A’, Lokoja Local Government Council.”

“Also one late Salihu Black of Gegu-Beki town, Kogi Local Government Council who until his death was a biology teacher in Government Secondary School, Koton-Karfe, also appended his signature on the recall list.”