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Double Registration: Immunity Saved Bello From Prosecution, INEC Confirms
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it could not prosecute the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, for double registration because he has immunity.
He also said that the commission could not enforce his disqualification for double registration because double registration is not an offence under the Electoral Act.
The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the clarification, also called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to provide evidence that the commission collected a list of partisan ad-hoc staff from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking at a quarterly media meeting with journalists, the INEC chairman said, “On the issue of double registration, there is nothing INEC can do with someone who has a constitutional immunity. The governor in question has a guaranteed constitutional immunity”.