BEVERLY HILLS, March 01, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified that the issuance of transferred temporary voter’s card to the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has not affected the criminal case of double registration against him.
This was made known on Thursday by the Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, James Apam, during an interactive session with journalists in Lokoja declaring that the pending issue of double registration against the governor was still pending and had not taken away his right of transfer of his registration details.
THEWILL recalls that INEC had, last year, accused Bello of double registration, and said he would have been prosecuted but for his immunity while it punished the staffers responsible for the double registration as two officials were dismissed, while an Assistant Director was suspended.
However, INEC, on Monday, confirmed that Governor Bello applied for the transfer of his permanent voter’s card from Abuja to Okene and his application has been approved, while his temporary voter’s card has been issued to him in Okene.
But Apam clarified that Bello applied for the transfer of his registration details from Abuja to his Okene country home, noting that the application was found qualified for transfer after it was subjected to legal scrutiny.
“The fact that he had been alleged to have registered twice does not take away his right of transfer of the existing registered voters card; when the time comes, INEC will do the needful,” he stated.
