What INEC did after petition for recall of Senator Natasha from Nigerian Senate was submitted

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Constituents of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan have officially submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, requesting that the recall process for her be started.

The appeal was delivered to INEC’s headquarters in Abuja on Monday, where it was received by the Secretary to the Commission Rose Oriaran-Anthony.

Kogi Central’s senatorial representative, Natasha, is presently suspended for allegedly breaking Senate regulations.

Out of the approximately 480,000 registered voters in the senatorial area, the petitioners claim that over 250,000 constituents signed it.

The title of the petition is “Constituents’ Petition for the Recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Grounds of Loss of Confidence”

The petition reads: “We, the undersigned, being duly registered voters of the Kogi Central Senatorial District, hereby invoke our rights under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to formally demand the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Nigerian Senate.

“In particular, this petition for the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is brought pursuant to Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), as well as INEC’s Regulations and Guidelines for Recall Petitions.

“This petition arises from our loss of confidence in the Senator on the grounds of gross misconduct, abuse of office, evasion of due process, and a pattern of deceitful behaviour that has not only embarrassed the people of Kogi Central but has also tarnished the integrity of the Nigerian Senate and our nation’s democratic institutions.

“By this petition, which we have made sure is signed by more than half of the registered voters in Kogi Central, we hereby demand that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) immediately commence the constitutional and procedural process of recall to remove Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from office and declare her seat vacant.”

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