ABUJA – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday faulted the petition submitted for the recall of the senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from the Senate by some members of her constituency.

Sam Olumekun, INEC National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, in a statement said the petition did not comply with the process of recall as enshrined in the 1999 constitution, the Electoral Act 2022 as well as the commission’s detailed regulations and guidelines for recall 2024.

Olumekun said this decision was reached after the consideration of the petition submitted on Monday at the Tuesday’s regular weekly meeting of the commission.

According to him, the commission observed that the signatures were not accompanied by the addresses of the registered voters.

“The process of recall is enshrined in the 1999 constitution, the Electoral Act 2022 as well as the commission’s detailed regulations and guidelines for recall 2024, available on our website. All petitions will be treated in strict compliance with the legal framework.

“The petition from Kogi Central Senatorial District was accompanied by six bags of documents said to be signatures collected from over half of the 474,554 registered voters spread across 902 polling units in 57 Registration Areas (Wards) in the five local government areas of Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori/Magongo, Okehi and Okene.

“The commission’s immediate observation is that the representatives of the petitioners did not provide their contact address, telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es) in the covering letter forwarding the petition through which they can be contacted as provided in Clause 1(f) of our Regulations and Guidelines.

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