Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s name has disappeared from the voters register after being accused of double registration.
Bello’s name has been delisted, but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has a photograph showing how he was registered at the Government House, Lokoja.
The commission has raised an investigative committee to unravel the “mystery surrounding the alleged double registration by the governor”.
Heads may roll in the Kogi State office of INEC for the alleged “untoward activities of some of our staff”.
INEC alleged that the governor first registered in Abuja in January 2011 and reregistered on May 23, 2017 at the Government House, Lokoja.
But the governor on Friday said his ghost might have been registered by INEC because he was away in Dubai when he was said to have registered again.
As INEC tried to ascertain the true position of the governor’s registration status, a fresh problem has cropped up.
It was learnt that INEC established that some of its staff were deployed in the Government House for Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) of the governor. The state has denied that it took place.
It was gathered that although the commission had the photograph of the governor’s registration, it could not trace any Yahaya Bello on its CVR list for May 23, 2017.
There was suspicion last night that the list of voters registered on May 23 might have been tampered with by some INEC employees.
A source, who spoke in confidence said: “The INEC management has raised an investigative team to look at the controversy over the allegation of double registration by the governor.
“It is however curious that the investigation has assumed a new dimension. The commission has the photograph of the registration of the governor but his name is not on the list of the CVR for that day in question. The name has disappeared.”
INEC is probing the following issues:
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