Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC for dismissing her recall petition filed by some persons.
In a statement released today, the electoral body argued that “the petition for the recall of the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of the Constitution. Therefore, no further action shall be taken on the matter.”
In a post shared on her IG page Senator Natasha thanked the electoral body for ‘’doing well”.
She thanked her husband, the people of Kogi central and Nigerians in general for standing by her.
While speaking on Channels TV, She said the electoral umpire should have thrown out the petition long before it did on April 3, 2025.
“I’m a lawyer. I’m a senator and I understand how Nigeria works. For me, the most important thing is this recall process has been stalled.
“I give kudos and credit to INEC even though I believe they should have thrown it away from the get-go.
“I think it was void ab initio because there is no law in the Electoral Act that says a petition should be discarded just because there is no address but again, what if the address is false?”
“Even though INEC did count 208,000 signatures, I bet you if they had gone into the verification stage, they would have struggled to even have 500 people come out to attest to signing that,” she added.
