Kogi state governor registered twice and violated the law-INEC

The independent National electoral commission has accused Governor Yahaya Bello of double registration and violation of the law

It was noted that Governor Bello registered has a voter  for the second time in an undesginated area which was a violation of the law 

However it was noted that the governor had earlier carried out his first registration as a voter on January 30th 2011

According to the  commission  area council in charge of voters education Solomon Soyebi yesterday said

: “It has come to the attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission that Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, registered as a voter for the second time on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at the 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 a designated centre of lNEC are both illegal.
“For the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration, INEC has designated a centre in each of the country’s 774 Local Government Areas, including FCT’s six area council

He however said that the commission had taken a decision to void the second registration and could not commence legal action because of his immunity as a governor

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