Nigeria: Dino Melaye: How Recall Process Works

A recall is the power of voters to unseat a serving lawmaker before the person's tenure is up.

The unfolding debacle of Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye, has elicited curiosity amongst Nigerians about one of the most obscured but powerful constitutional instruments in Nigeria's evolving democratic system.

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