The Independent National Electoral Commission stated on Wednesday that it had alerted Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, senator for Kogi State Central, of a recall action against her.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, stated this in a statement on Wednesday. INEC stated that it has received more information, including phone numbers and emails from petitioners seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The commission further stated that the next step is to scrutinise the details provided by the petitioners of Senator Natasha’s recall.
“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.
“A letter has been written to notify the Senator sought to be recalled about the receipt of the petition and delivered to her official address. The same letter has been copied to the presiding officer of the Senate and published on the commission’s website.
“The next step is to scrutinise the list of signatories submitted by the petitioners to ascertain that the petition is signed by more than one half (over 50 percent) of the registered voters in the constituency. This will be done in the coming days. The outcome, which will be made public, shall determine the next step to be taken by the Commission,” the statement reads.
