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The Okun Development Initiative (ODI) a prominent socio-cultural association from the Western part of Kogi State has described the signatures being bandied around as those of the constituents of Senator Dino Melaye seeking to recall him as fake and not from people of Kogi West.
The group which includes former minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation, Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN, Prof Eyitayo Lambo and General David Jemibowon (rtd) have declared their unalloyed support for Senator Dino Melaye.
The group said: “It has become imperative to come out with a position on the ongoing recall process after INEC acknowledged receiving the signatures of purportedly more than the required number for the exercise, because the dilemma of Okun nation has once again being brought to the fore.
“The prerogative of any constituent to exercise his/her constitutionally guaranteed right to recall is inalienable but it is obvious the initiators and instigators of the current attempt on Senator Dino Melaye are not from Kogi West but lackeys and cronies of constituted authority, an apparent outcome of misguided advice to those insistent on dividing and decimating Okunland politically for egoistic purposes.
“The fissures clannish inclinations have created among us in Okunland are not only becoming gullies but an odious machination is being played out to satisfy the self-centeredness of a few individuals. Selfish political aspirations are being satiated to the detriment of the collective good of Okun people with Okunland primed for another political experiment and some of our sons and daughters have become willing lab rats.”
The group which includes former minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation, Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN, Prof Eyitayo Lambo and General David Jemibowon (rtd) have declared their unalloyed support for Senator Dino Melaye.
The group said: “It has become imperative to come out with a position on the ongoing recall process after INEC acknowledged receiving the signatures of purportedly more than the required number for the exercise, because the dilemma of Okun nation has once again being brought to the fore.
“The prerogative of any constituent to exercise his/her constitutionally guaranteed right to recall is inalienable but it is obvious the initiators and instigators of the current attempt on Senator Dino Melaye are not from Kogi West but lackeys and cronies of constituted authority, an apparent outcome of misguided advice to those insistent on dividing and decimating Okunland politically for egoistic purposes.
“The fissures clannish inclinations have created among us in Okunland are not only becoming gullies but an odious machination is being played out to satisfy the self-centeredness of a few individuals. Selfish political aspirations are being satiated to the detriment of the collective good of Okun people with Okunland primed for another political experiment and some of our sons and daughters have become willing lab rats.”
