The planned recall of Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan representing Kogi Central district may have collapsed
A statement by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on its social media handles on Thursday said the petition for her recall failed to meet the legal requirements
Constituents had last week submitted a petition and list of signatures for her recall to the electoral body in Abuja. The commission later said the petition was without the contact details of representatives of the constituents seeking the senator’s recall in line with its guidelines
A day later, INEC announced that the petitioners had complied by providing their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses
The next step, according to INEC was to scrutinise the list of signatories submitted by the petitioners to ascertain that the petition was signed by more than one half of the registered voters in the constituency.
It had said the outcome, which will be made public, will determine the next step to be taken by the Commission.
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In its latest update on Thursday, INEC says the petition did not meet the legal threshold
In a terse statement on its official X handle and Facebook pages, it said “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).
It promised to provide detailed reasons later.
(Editor : Ena Agbanoma)
