The Commission made this known through its Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee of the Commission, Sam Olumekun, after their weekly meeting today.
Recall that Rédíò Afínjú had reported that INEC earlier confirmed the recipient of the petition seeking Natasha’s recall.
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Olumekun noted that the representatives of the petitioner failed to provide their contact address, telephone number, and email with which they will be contacted in the cover letter of the submitted petition.
The petition, which collected 474,554 signatures from 902 polling units, will remain on hold until the petitioners provide the necessary contact details.
While stressing that the process of recalling a lawmaker is mentioned in the Electoral Act of 2022, he further stated that one of the reasons for condemning the petition was the provision of just the lead petitioner number as against the numbers of all other petitioners.
The Commission also established that it will commence the verification of signatories in each polling unit once the petition meets the requirements of submission as contained in the regulation, adding that the petitioner will be able to nominate agents to monitor the verification.
The Commission reaffirmed its guidance by law and urged the public to discredit any speculations and insinuations on social media.