The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has rejected the petition sent to it for the recall of the lawmaker representing Kogi central senatorial district, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The Commission, in a statement on Thursday, said the petition did not meet the requirements for recalling a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Recall that INEC recently received a petition from alleged constituents of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, calling for the commencement of her recall from the senate.
The Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, received the petition which was submitted at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday.
Meanwhile, Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan is still 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.
But in a terse statement on Thursday, INEC announced that, “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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