INEC Rejects Senator Natasha’s Recall Petition Over Lack of Constitutional Requirements

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the petition seeking the recall of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has failed to meet the necessary constitutional requirements.

We recall that, according to INEC, the petitioners failed to provide their contact address, telephone number, and email address, as required by the commission’s regulations and guidelines.

The petition, which was submitted with six bags of documents containing signatures from over half of the 474,554 registered voters in Kogi Central Senatorial District, did not meet the necessary criteria for the recall process to proceed.

In a post shared on its official X page on Thursday, INEC stated that the recall petition did not satisfy the provisions of Section 69(a) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).

“The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended),” the commission wrote.

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