The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally acknowledged receipt of the petition to recall Dino Melaye.

This was made known in a letter issued by the commission on Thursday and signed by Muhammed Haruna, an INEC National Commissioner and member of its information and voter education committee.

“In accordance with the INEC guidelines for the recall of members of the National Assembly, the commission has formally acknowledged the receipt of the petition to the petitioners’ representatives and has conveyed a letter notifying Senator Melaye of the receipt of the petition,” the letter read in part.

“The next step is to verify that the petitioners are registered voters in the Kogi West Senatorial District.

“INEC will, on the 3rd of July, 2017, issue a public notice stating the day(s), time, location and other details for the verification.”

Six ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags containing the signatures of more than 188,000 of registered voters in Kogi West Senatorial district were submitted at the INEC headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday.

But Melaye said he was not losing sleep over the moves to recall him as he was confident the verification exercise would reveal the fraud behind the petition.

According to him, names of people that had died long ago appeared mysteriously appeared as signatories to the the petition.