INEC in a statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Solomon Soyebi, said Governor Bello first registered on January 20, 2011 in Wuse Zone-4, Abuja and then registered for a second time on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at the Government House in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State.
The INEC statement on the development said:
“It has come to the attention of INEC that Gov Bello of Kogi state registered as a voter for the second time on Tuesday May 23, 2017 in Government House, Lokoja, the state capital,” Soyebi said.
“His first registration was on January 30, 2011 in Wuse zone 4, Abuja.
“The governor’s double registration and doing so outside lNEC’s designated centres are both illegal.
“For the on-going continuous voter registration [CVR) exercise, INEC has designated a centre in each of the country’s 774 local government areas including FCT’s six area councils.”
INEC went further to say that it did not authorise any of its staff to re-register the governor and outside a designated voter registration centre and will take disciplinary action against the INEC staff involved.
INEC, however, said it is handicapped in prosecuting Governor Bello as he is protected by law while in office, but has cancelled the governor’s second registration
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