The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the petition seeking to recall Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has failed to meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69 (a) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Following a thorough review of the signatures and thumbprints submitted by petitioners, INEC confirmed that only 208,132 signatories were verified, falling short of the required threshold of 237,278 by 29,146 signatories.
INEC emphasized that a recall petition must be signed by more than half of the registered voters in the affected constituency. The total number of registered voters in Kogi Central Senatorial District stands at 474,554.
In a statement released today, INEC’s National Commissioner for Information & Voter Education, Sam Olumekun, affirmed: “The petition has not met the requirement of Section 69 (a) of the Constitution. Consequently, no further action shall be taken on the recall of the senator.
This decision follows an earlier rejection of the petition due to missing details, which petitioners later provided. However, the revised submission still failed to meet all constitutional requirements.