Breaking: INEC releases unmissable statement on petition for recall of Senator Natasha, see details

• Stakeholders successful Kogi Central person begun the process of recalling the suspended Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, who is representing them successful the nationalist assembly, Abuja
• Legit.ng recalls that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan’s constituents initiated a two-day callback workout crossed each the polling units successful the territory implicit alleged mediocre performance, among different alleged shortcomings
• But INEC, successful a caller statement, suggested that the petition does not conscionable the requirements of submission, arsenic contained successful its regulations

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering politics, elections, and governance.

FCT, Abuja - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held its regular play gathering connected Tuesday, March 25, 2025.

Legit.ng reports that among different matters, the gathering discussed the petition for the recall of suspended Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the legislator representing Kogi Central.

The committee said the process of callback is enshrined successful the 1999 constitution, the Electoral Act 2022 arsenic good arsenic its regulations and guidelines for callback 2024. INEC stated that each petitions volition beryllium treated successful strict compliance with the ineligible framework.

INEC provides update connected callback process against Natasha

Providing an update connected the petition for the callback of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan via a connection by Sam Olumekun, its nationalist commissioner and chairman, accusation and elector education committee, INEC said the petition was accompanied by six bags of documents.

The documents were reportedly signatures collected from implicit fractional of the 474,554 registered voters dispersed crossed 902 polling units (PUs) successful 57 registration areas (wards) successful the 5 section authorities areas (LGAs) of Ajaokuta, Adavi, Okene, Ogori/Magongo, and Okehi.

Moves to callback Natasha: INEC shares observation

INEC's connection reads:

"The commission's contiguous reflection is that the representatives of the petitioners did not supply their interaction address, telephone number(s), and email address(es) successful the covering missive forwarding the petition done which they tin beryllium contacted arsenic provided successful Clause 1(f) of our Regulations and Guidelines. The code fixed is "Okene, Kogi state", which is not a definite determination for contacting the petitioners. Only the telephone fig of "the pb petitioner" is provided arsenic against the numbers of each the different representatives of the petitioners."

INEC stressed that the callback of a legislator is the prerogative of registered voters successful a constituency who motion a petition indicating nonaccomplishment of assurance successful the legislator representing them.

It said:

"Once the petition meets the requirements of submission, arsenic contained successful our regulations, the Commission shall commence the verification of the signatures successful each Polling Unit successful an unfastened process restricted to registered voters that signed the petition only. The petitioners and the subordinate whose callback is sought shall beryllium astatine liberty to nominate agents to observe the verification, portion funny observers and the media volition besides beryllium accredited. At each Polling Unit, signatories to the petition shall beryllium verified utilizing the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS)."Consequently, if the petitioners afloat comply with the requirements of Clause 1(f) of the Regulations and Guidelines regarding the submission of their petition, the Commission volition denote the adjacent steps successful enactment with the extant laws, regulations, and guidelines. In the lack of a definite interaction address, the Commission is making efforts to usage different means to notify the representatives of the petitioners of the situation."

Conclusively, INEC reassured Nigerians that it volition beryllium guided by the ineligible model for the callback which has been activated, adding that the nationalist should disregard immoderate speculations and insinuations connected societal media.

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Senator Natasha rejects purported apology

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan denied reports suggesting that she has apologised to the legislature implicit the contention that led to her suspension.

In a connection obtained by Legit.ng, the Kogi lawmaker described the claims arsenic "false and misleading," reaffirming her stance connected the contented that resulted successful her six-month suspension.

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Source: Legit.ng