Was there any CVR on May 23 at the Government House, Lokoja?
Who was registered?
How did the INEC team come about the photograph of the registration showing the governor?
How was the name of the registrant (Yahaya Bello) de-listed from the INEC register? and
Who were those behind the de-listing?
“Certainly, it is now our words against the governor. This is a mystery we need to unravel. The governor said our team might have registered his ghost. The onus is on us to present the evidence, including our register,” the source said, adding:
“But we got information before we issued an official statement on the governor’s double registration.
“INEC is suspecting foul play by some of its staff. We hope they are not dragging the commission into the dirty politics of Kogi State again.
“If we are able to establish any shady deals, those concerned will be sanctioned. They may be dismissed from service.”
INEC, speaking through its National Commissioner and chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC), Prince Solomon Soyebi, first raised the alarm over the governor’s alleged double registration.
He said: “It has come to the attention of INEC that Governor Bello of Kogi State registered as a voter for the second time on Tuesday May 23, 2017 in Government House, Lokoja, the state capital.
”His first registration was on January 30, 2011 in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja.
”The governor’s double registration and doing so outside lNEC’s designated centres are both illegal.
”We wish to make it clear that no INEC staff was authorised by the commission to re-register him or any citizen or to do so outside our designated CVR centres.”
Speaking after praying at the Presidential Villa mosque on Friday , Bello said: “I travelled on 19th to Dubai for a brief break and I saw the press release and I was taken aback, that I did double registration on 23rd.
“Probably it is my ghost that has done the double registration.”
