INEC Accepts Petition For Senator Natasha’s Recall After Petitioners Submit Contact Details, Moves To Verify Signatures
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially accepted a petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan after the petitioners provided the required contact details and address.
This comes a day after INEC initially rejected the petition, citing the absence of verifiable contact information.
In a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the electoral body confirmed that the petitioners had addressed the deficiencies by submitting their contact address, phone numbers, and email addresses in a formal letter to the Commission’s chairman.
INEC has now moved to the next phase, where it will scrutinize the submitted signatures to verify if they meet the constitutional requirement of more than 50 percent of the 474,554 registered voters in Kogi Central Senatorial District.
Announcing the latest development, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, stated: “Further to the statement issued yesterday, Tuesday 25th March 2025, the Commission hereby confirms that the contact address of representatives of the petitioners, their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses have now been provided in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Commission dated today Wednesday 26th March 2025.”