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  • Anambra: INEC makes provision for albinos

    Anambra: INEC makes provision for albinos

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has provided magnifying goggles for polling units to enable people living with albinism to recognise political parties’ logos in the November 18 Anambra elections.

    The Chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made this known while receiving EU Observer Mission to Nigeria led by Mr Santiago Ayxela on Thursday in Abuja.

    He said the provision of the goggles was part of the commission’s efforts to ensure inclusiveness in the elections.

    “We are doing a lot about inclusiveness for women, youths and people living with disabilities in terms of access to the polling units and participation in the elections.

    “One of the things we have done in this regard in the forthcoming Anambra elections is the provision of magnifying glasses in polling units to enable people living with albinism see the logo of parties and make their choices,” he said.

    Yakubu recalled that it was exactly two years ago since the EU sent delegations to observe the 2015 elections in Nigeria.

    He said that the current mission was important and critical as it came at a time when the commission was preparing for the 2019 general elections.

    He reaffirmed that the commission had fixed Feb.16, 2019 for Presidential and National Assembly elections, and March 2 for Governorship, State House of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections.

    According to Yakubu, the commission is already in election mood as the date slated for the presidential elections is only 484 days away.

    He said that the 2015 general elections received global recognition for its credibility and for meeting international best practice.

    According to him, the commission is committed to ensuring that the 2019 elections would be better than 2015.

    The chairman said INEC had so far conducted elections in 172 constituencies since the 2015 elections and that eight of the 30 recommendations of the EU team in 2015 had been implemented.

    He said that the remaining 22 recommendations were at various stages at the relevant agencies, including the National Assembly, responsible for the implementation.

    Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Mr Santiago Ayxela, said they had come to make recommendations that would aid the commission in preparations ahead of 2019 elections.

    He said that the commission was at liberty to either implement the recommendations or not as the EU parliament was not in the position to impose its ideas on it.

    Ayxela explained that some of the recommendations were for the commission while others were for the national assembly and political parties.

    He announced that the technical team of the delegation would stay with the commission till November to further support and observe its preparations.

    Later at the National Headquarters of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Maikarfi, commended the EU Parliament for supporting democracy in Nigeria.

    He urged the parliament to continue to support the country for sustained democracy and good governance in the county.

  • INEC to recruit 1m ad-hoc staff for 2019

    INEC to recruit 1m ad-hoc staff for 2019

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will be hiring about one million ad hoc staff for the conduct of the 2019 general elections.
    The chairman of the commission, Prof Mahmud Yakubu stated this on Wednesday while briefing members of the Senate committee on INEC.
    Yakubu assured Nigerians that the major the electronic smart card readers will be fully deployed for the elections, stressing that enough hands would be trained on the effective use of the device.
    According to him, about 700 ad hoc staff were engaged for the 2015 general elections.
    He said: “The projected increase in the number of ad- hoc staff to be engaged in the elections by the commission arose from the need to make provisions for adequate manpower for the exercise on a general template and specifically to take care of peculiar needs for that purpose in some polling units across the federation”.

    Assuring the lawmakers of better and effective use of the card readers, Prof Yabuku said: “Controversies and challenges raised by the Smart Card Readers in the 2015 elections were over magnified because the problem was not technological on the part of the device but attitudinal on the part of  the users due to lack of adequate training.

    “Thus, because the problem is more of attitudinal than technological defects, solid steps are being taken by the commission to bring about a robust interface between the machine and those to use them in terms of practical training before the elections”.

    In his remarks, the Senate Committee Chairman on INEC, Senator Suleiman Nazif said the interactive session with INEC would be a continuous exercise before the 2019 general elections
  • Moneybags confident to buy Anambra election – stakeholders

    Moneybags confident to buy Anambra election – stakeholders

    Stakeholders on Tuesday warned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that wealthy people are determined to procure the November 18, Anambra State governorship election.

    Speaking in Abuja on “Anambra Governorship Election: Critical Issues and What INEC should do to ensure. Successful polls, the Lead Speaker who is also the Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Prof. Stella Okunna, warned the commission that “some members of the wealthy class believe they can buy anything including election results.”

    Meanwhile, the INEC had revealed why the election is important to it.

    According to the National Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the electorate in the state lost confidence in the commission since a court upturned its election after two years.

    He said the commission also “repeated the same mistake in 2007 the commission also tried to conduct an illegal election to replace him and again he went back to court and consistently fought for his mandate and got it back.”

    The chairman, who was represented by the Board of Electoral Institute at the policy dialogue for the election, however, noted that it would no longer be business as usual in the state. 

    But Okunna lamented although citizens of the state have distinguished themselves in different fields of human endeavour, they have been notorious in politics because of their excessive money. 

    She submitted that too much wealth has always marred election in the state, noting that too much money is already is exchanging hands.

    According to her, there is an allegation that some of the candidates were already buying vehicles for INEC now that the election is fast approaching. 

    The lead speaker argued that for the state governor to purchase vehicles for the commission at this critical time is suspicious because it could influence the conduct of the umpire. 

    Okunna said although the state is now relatively peaceful, the commission must not take anything for granted as there have recently been pockets of security challenges such as the killings in a church and that of the distributor of the Sun Newspapers the same state.

    The Don urged the commission to display its voters’ registers for the electorate to cross-check their names before the election.

    On election monitoring, she noted that there are coalitions of election observers in the state which INEC must monitor.

    She submitted that “Anambra is on the threshold of history as a Guinnea pig for credible election in Nigeria. Expectations are very high and there are those that are watching us fail.”

    In his presentation, the President, International Peace and Civic Responsibility Centre (IPCRC) and Chairman Anambra  State Civil Society Network (ANCSONET), Prince Chris Azor, described money inducement as another critical issue in the November 18 election.

    He said that past experience showed a massive distribution of funds even on election day in the state with impunity, under the watchful eyes of security operatives and election management officials.

    Continuing, he condemned these of campaign finance, corrupt electoral campaign financing-whether by private donors or government incumbents commandeering state resources-is damaging not only to the electoral process but to democracy itself. Political finance regulations are intended to create a level playing field for electoral competition.”

    He raised the alarm that there are already proliferations of arms in the country, stressing that a recent survey by the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and light weapons in the state revealed a humongous cache of ammunition in private hands that posits danger to the election.

  • Bye-election: INEC trains 1,776 corps members

    Bye-election: INEC trains 1,776 corps members

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday it had trained no fewer than 1,776 Corps members for the September 30 bye-election in Eti-Osa Constituency I in Lagos State.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seat in the Lagos State House of Assembly became vacant following the death of Mr Kazeem Alimi, who represented the constituency in the Assembly.

    Alimi died on July 18, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital and was buried on July 19, two weeks after his 50th birthday celebration.

    The late lawmaker was until his death, the Chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Affairs.

    Speaking with NAN on preparations for the election, Mr Sam Olumekun, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner said that the commission had trained Polling Officers, mostly Corps members for the Sept. 30 bye-election.

    Olumekun, who assured candidates of a level playing ground, promised to ensure adequate provision of personnel and materials during the exercise.

    According to him, the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security had met and assured voters of security of lives and materials during the exercise.

    He said that the commission has also trained enough Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) and provided adequate card readers to ensure credible poll.

    “We have trained all officers for the election and we have enough card readers for the accreditation of voters on the election day.

    “Let all eligible voters in the constituency go out and exercise their civic responsibility by coming out to vote for the candidate of their choice,” he said.

    The INEC boss, who said that there would be no restrictions of human and vehicular movements, assured of adequate security personnel to deal with any breach of law and order.

    Olumekun urged contestants and their supporters to be law-abiding before, during and after the exercise.

    According to him, the affected constituency has six Registration Areas (Wards) and 188 Polling Units.

    The spokesman for INEC in the state, Mr Femi Akinbiyi, had told NAN that nine political parties would be jostling for the seat in the House of Assembly.

    The candidates are: Mr Olawale Okesola (AA); Mr Samson Tampennu (AD); Mr Noheem Babatunde (APC) and Mr Olawale Gbadamosi (BNPP).

    Others are: Mr Olufemi Adebiyi (DA); Mr Oluwaseun Adebayo-Daniel (NNPP); Mr Arubiewe Abogun (PDP); Mr Olorunyomi Odusanya (PPA) and Mr Abiodun Adetayo (UDP).

    NAN reports that the six RAs in the affected constituency include Victoria Island II, Ilasan Housing Estate/ Moriyegun 5 and Lekki/Ikate.

    Others are Ilado/Eti-Osa, Aja/Sangotedo and Ado/Langbasa/Badore.

  • Constitution reform: Senate removes President’s power

    Constitution reform: Senate removes President’s power

    Senators have passed 29 of the 33 items slated f an r amendment to the 1999 Constitution.

    The lawmakers unanimously voted to strip the President of powers to assent to amendments made to the constitution, thereby giving the legislature sweeping powers to alter the constitution.

    They voted 92 against four to pass the amendment seeking to whittle down the power of the President to veto amendments to the constitution.

    The lawmakers also unanimously passed the amendment seeking to include past Presidents of the Senate and former House of Representatives Speakers as members of the Council of State.

    Also passed was parliamentary immunity to lawmakers in the federal and state legislatures against prosecution over words spoken or written during debates or at committee assignments.

    They also passed an amendment to compel the President to attend a joint session of the National Assembly once a year to deliver a State of the Nation address.

    The length of time given to the President to spend funds from the consolidated revenue in the absence of appropriation was reduced from six to three months.

    Henceforth, the President must lay the nation’s budget proposal before the National Assembly within 90 days before the end of a fiscal year. Governors are to lay their states’ within the same time frame at the state assemblies.

    Local governments have been freed from the grip of state governments, with the scrapping of the Joint State/Local Government Accounts. The local governments are to get their allocations directly from the federation account and other sources.

    State assemblies are to get financial autonomy. They are also to enjoy a right to funding from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the states. The amendment had been rejected by state assemblies during previous constitution amendments that collapsed.

    Names of appointees of the President and governors for cabinet offices are to be submitted to the Federal and State parliaments within 30 days of taking the oath of office by the President or governors.

    Portfolios to be assigned to each appointee will also be indicated in the nomination letters forwarded to the Senate or the state assemblies as the case may be.

    The Senate approved also a provision for independent candidates at all levels of election, as a way of expanding the political space beyond conventional parties.

    The lawmakers voted in favour of the separation of the office of the Accountant General of the Federal Government from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.

    Similarly, the office of the Auditor-General for the federation and state Auditors General are to be on first line charges in the consolidated revenue funds of the federation and the states.

    The Senate voted in favour of separating the office of the Minister of Justice and commissioners of Justice from that of the Attorney-General of the Federation and that of the State.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was empowered to delist non-performing registered political parties.

    The amendment affects any political party that fails to win any seat at the federal, state or local government level

    Another aspect in the amendment seeks to restrict a person who was sworn in as President or governor to complete the term of an incumbent from contesting for the same office for more than one term.

    The Senate also passed the bill on the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, which seeks to reflect the establishment and core functions of corps.

    The amendment sought includes national security and civil defence as an item in the exclusive legislative list under the second schedule of the constitution.

    Also passed was the bill on procedure for overriding presidential veto in constitutional alteration. It seeks to provide a procedure for passing a constitution alteration bill in the absence of the President.

    Going by the bill, every amendment approved by the National Assembly with corollary support from the state legislators will automatically become law, even without the assent of the President.

    The Bill seeking to set time lines for determination of election disputes also scaled through as Senators Voted 97 in support.

    Another amendment proposed on age qualification by altering Section 65, 106, 131, and 177 of the constitution, affected the age limits for president, governors, senators, Reps and state assembly members.

    For the House of Representatives and state assemblies, the age limit was pegged at 25; Senate, 35; president, 35; and governors, 35.

    The NYSC Scheme was deleted from the Constitution through a Bill to that effect. This is to enable the lawmakers subject the Scheme to regular process of amendment.

    The Public Complaints Commission Act also got the same treatment.

    The Senate also overwhelmingly voted to delete the National Securities Act from the constitution for the Act to undergo regular process of amendment.

  • Sacked legislators: CSOs fault failure by Saraki, Dogara to obey judgement

    Sacked legislators: CSOs fault failure by Saraki, Dogara to obey judgement

    • INEC charges NGOs on voters’ enlightenment

    A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have condemned the failure of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara to obey subsisting court judgments, sacking some members of both chambers of the National Assembly.

    The CSOs, acting under the aegis of Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), said in Abuja on Monday that undemocratic and unlawful where heads of democratic institutions choose and pick which court judgments to obey or ignore.

    NCSSR’s coordinator and Executive Director, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), Clement Nwankwo said the development was worrisome and called on Saraki and Dogara to allow those, who have won their cases in court to be sworn-in, in place of those currently sacked, but still holding on to the seats on the pretext that they have appealed.

    On April 7, the Supreme Court sacked Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Orumba North/South, Anambra Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives.
    The court’s judgment was in an appeal filed against Ezeonwuka’s election by a member of the party, Chief Ben Nwanwko.

    Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, in a lead judgment of a five-man panel, said Nwankwo’s name was wrongly substituted with the first respondent (Ezeonwuka) after he had obtained the nomination of the party to contest the National Assembly election.

    On June 23, the Supreme Court also sacked Senator Sani Abubakar Danladi (PDP, Taraba North Senatorial District) and Herman Hembe (All Progressives Congress -APC- Vandeikya/ Konshisha Federal Constituency of Benue State in the House of Representatives.

    In the case of Senator ‎Danladi, the apex court unanimously ordered that Alhaji Shuaibu Isa Lau, be sworn-in by the Senate President or the clerk as the Senator representing Taraba North.

    The court asked that Hembe be replaced by Mrs. Dorothy Mato.

    There is also the case of Bassey Etim, who the court ordered to Senator Bassey Albert Akpan, currently occupying the Akwa-Ibom North East senatorial seat.

    A Federal High Court, Uyo in February declared that Etim was the rightful holder of the Akwa-Ibom North East senatorial seat currently occupied by Senator Bassey Akpan in view of his (Etim’s) victory at the primaries conducted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015. The court had ordered that Etim be sworn-in to replace Akpan.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in compliance with the court order, issued a fresh Certificate of Return to Etim on March 28, while he has been waiting on the Senate to give him the go-ahead.

    Akpan has, however, filed two cases in courts, one at the Federal High Court, Abuja and another at the Court of Appeal, Calabar, to stop his removal.

    He is seeking the court to upturn the order of the Federal High Court, which mandated the Senate to swear in Etim.

    The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in a letter to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, said that Etim should be sworn in because there is no order of the court stopping the exercise.

    Saraki and Dogara, as at yesterday, are yet to give effect to the judgments in relation to these sacked legislators.

    Nwankwo spoke in Abuja on Monday alongside Prof Mohammed Kuna (Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu) and Executive Director of Human Rights Monitor (HRM), Festus Okoye, at the public presentation of a compendium of petitions arising from the 2015 general elections, put together by NCSSR, with support by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).

    Nwankwo said: “We do have, at this moment specific cases of persons, particularly legislative elections, where the tribunals have given judgments and annulled the elections of persons, who had already been sworn in, and asked the Senate of House of Reps to swear in new persons, and the legislative houses are not swearing in this persons on the ostensible reasons that they are waiting for the final court to reach a decision on this.

    “Once somebody, who has been sworn in, but, whose election is annulled by the tribunal, remains in office, the concern is that when person, who is challenging him files an appeal, the person sitting on that seat does not respond quickly to enough to the appeal/petition, the petition continues to drag.

    “I think we have about three or four cases going on at this time. Persons, who the tribunal found to have won the elections at the tribunal level have not been able to take their seats, because the person, who are occupying the seats have appealed.

    “The Senate and the House have refused to ask the persons to vacate the seats because they said they have appealed. I think the right thing for the Legislative houses to do is to swear in the person, who the court or tribunal has ruled is validly elected.

    “If he goes on appeal and that person loses, I do not see the reason why that person cannot be excused and whoever has won at that final level is asked to take over.

    “But, where a person is appealing a decision that has sacked him and he remains on that seat, the issue of diligent prosecution of the appeal does not become their priority. They could, in fact, remain on seat for much longer. So, we think the leadership of the Senate and the House of Reps needs to respond to this particular situation.”

    He regretted the inability of existing political parties to impact positively on peoples’ lives, blaming it on the way the political party system is structured, which he said accounts for why it has not responded adequately to the demand and expectations of Nigerians.

    Nwankwo noted that: “When Nigerian voted in a government in 2015, they a lot of expectations. Unfortunately, those expectations have not been met. The ruling party has not been able to guide its government to deliver on expectations that Nigerians have of it.  And the opposition party has not been able to work to keep the ruling party focused and responsive to the needs of Nigerians.”

    “So, we are very worried about the build ups to 2019 and the weak political party system that we have in Nigeria today. And we hope that the political parties will understand the need to strengthen the political process.”

    Nwankwo said intervention like this by CSOs and their constant monitoring of political parties and political office holders are ways of strengthening the system.

    Professor Kukana: said the observation on the weakness of the political parties is apt, but worrisome because the parties exploit the electorate ignorance as against enlightening them to make right choices.

    He said the task of educating the electorate to make informed decisions that will result in the enthronement of quality leadership rest on the CSOs, not the greedy politicians and their weak and exploitative political parties.

    Okoye, who took an overview of the compendium, expressed concern about conflicting decisions on similar issues by courts, particularly the Court of Appeal and on electoral cases.

    “For me the implication of some divisions of the Court of Appeal refusing to abide the decisions of the Supreme Court, and some electoral tribunals, refusing to abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court, is very serious.

    “Our judicial system and judicial process are anchored on the principle of precedent. The moment the Supreme Court laid down the law, it becomes the precedent and all other inferior courts must follow it.

    “The moment courts begin to pick and choose which decision to follow, it becomes very problematic for our electoral process and undermines the judicial process.

    “I think that one of the things that ought to be done, especially by the Court of Appeal, is that the moment a decision is rendered, the judgment must be circulated to other divisions of the court, so that they become aware of what a division has decided on a particular issue, to avoid this type of challenges,” Okoye said.

  • Osun bye-election: PDP’s victory evidence of unity, hard work – Makarfi

    Osun bye-election: PDP’s victory evidence of unity, hard work – Makarfi

    The Chairman of the National Caretaker Committee of the PDP, Ahmed Makarfi, has described the party’s success in Saturday’s Osun West Senatorial bye-election as evidence of unity and hard work among its members.

    Makarfi made the observation in a statement signed by the committee’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Dayo Adeyeye, on Sunday in Abuja.

    The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Mr Ademola Adeleke of the PDP, the winner of the bye-election held in 10 local government areas.

    The winner, who is the younger brother of the late Sen. Isiaka Adeleke, had 97, 480 votes to defeat a former Senator, Mudashiru Hussein of the APC, who had 66, 116 votes.

    Makarfi also said that the victory showed continued acceptance of the PDP.

    “The successful outcome of this election is an evidence of hard work, dedication and the unity of all members of PDP in Osun.

    “They buried their temporary differences in the overall interest of the party and the good people of Osun.

    “We are confident that the PDP remains the party to beat in elections.

    “As we await the judgment of the Supreme Court, we urge all our members to unite in the interest of Nigerian,” he said.

    He also congratulated Adeleke on his victory.

    He also hailed the people of Osun West for voting for Adeleke and for conducting themselves peacefully during the election.

  • Melaye’s recall: INEC replies Senate

    Melaye’s recall: INEC replies Senate

    • Says only legitimate court order can stop process

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that only a legitimate court order could stop the recall of Senator Dino Melaye as demanded by his Kogi West constituents.

    Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the Commission Rotimi Oyekanmi told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday that filing a lawsuit was not enough to stop the process.

    Oyekanmi said the actions of the commission were being guided by the provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Act.

    The constituents came with sacks of documents which they said were `the signatures’ of more than half of the voting population of Kogi West Senatorial District, which Melaye represents.

    “They also presented a register of the said signatories and a letter, asking INEC to begin the process of recalling the senator representing that particular district.

    “Subsequently, the Commission, in the exercise of the powers conferred on it by Sections 116 of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), on Monday issued a timetable and schedule of activities for the recall of the senator.

    “Only a legitimate court order or an injunction can be considered by the commission,’’ he said.

    On claims by Melaye that some of the signatures submitted to INEC were forged and that names of dead registered voters were also included, Oyekanmi said the process of verification would clear all that.

     

  • Melaye’s recall: INEC plans to go on despite court case

    Melaye’s recall: INEC plans to go on despite court case

    …issues time table for process

    The Independent National Electoral Commission plans to go ahead with the recall process of the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Mr. Dino Melaye.

    Melaye had approached a High Court in Lokoja, Kogi state to stop INEC from proceeding on the recall process.

    The Court case notwithstanding, INEC Monday issued a time table on the recall process, an indication that INEC was prepared to go ahead.

    The commission had argued that there is no order stopping it from carrying out it’s “I am not aware of any order stopping us from doing what we are doing,” Mr. Adewole Uzi, Director, Voter Education said.

    According to the time table released Monday by the Commission, and signed by Mrs. Augusta Ogakwu, Secretary to the Commission, a notice of verification will be posted at the constituency on the 10th of July while interested observers have been 31st of July, 2017 as the last day for submission of applications to NEC headquarters.

    INEC has also set August 10th as the last day for submission of names of verification agents for the members sought to be recalled and the petitioners.

    The Commission will also be meeting with stakeholders on the 15th of August while four days later on the 19th INEC is expected to conduct verification in all polling units in the constituency.

    INEC is also expected to declare the outcome of the verification the same 19th of August, 2017.
    The referendum the commission said is subject to the verification exercise.

  • Updates on moves to recall Melaye from Senate

    Updates on moves to recall Melaye from Senate

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday received signatures of registered voters in Kogi West Senatorial District, seeking the recall of Senator Dino Melaye from the upper legislative chamber.

    RELATED: ‘Melaye not fit to be Senator’

    At least 188, 588 out of the 360, 098 registered voters in the senatorial district have endorsed Melaye’s recall from the Senate.

    Reports said at least six bags containing the voters’ signatures were submitted to INEC on Wednesday.

    The Nation recalls that the process to recall the Kogi West Senator gathered momentum on Sunday, June 11 with the mobilisation of prospective signatories.

    It was gathered authoritatively that leaders across the seven local governments in the senatorial district met in Lokoja on Friday night to strategise on the ‘Dino Recall Project’.

    Meanwhile, the Senator in his response said that the ongoing move by the electorate in his constituency to recall him from the Senate will fail.

    According to him, his achievements in the Senate were enormous and as such the people of the constituency were solidly behind him.

    Melaye, who later led his supporters on a peaceful march around Kabba town, alleged that the state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was behind the move to recall him.

    In his counter-response, the Governor urged the Senate to ensure the red chamber is made up of men of high calibre, integrity and good character to retain its high esteem.

    The governor made the statement, referring to Senator Melaye as a misfit for the Senate during his visit to the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday, June 15.