Thursday, April 3, 2025 - The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected the petition for the recall of the lawmaker representing Kogi central senatorial district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The Commission in a statement on Thursday said that the
petition did not meet the requirements for recalling a senator of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
The Commission recently formally
received a petition from constituents of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,
calling for the commencement of her recall process.
The Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony,
received the petition which was submitted at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja on
Monday.
Natasha, who represents Kogi central in the Senate, is
currently on suspension for allegedly flouting the Senate rules.
According to the petitioners, over 250,000 constituents
signed the petition, out of about 480,000 registered voters in the senatorial
district.
The petition was titled _Constituents’ Petition for the
Recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Grounds of Loss of Confidence’.
In a brief statement on Thursday, the Commission said, “The
petition for the recall of the Senator
representing the Kogi Central Senatorial Distict has not met the requirement of
Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria 1999 (as amended).”
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