The Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, has declared that the petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has failed to meet the constitutional threshold required for such a process.
The electoral body made this announcement on its official X handle in statement signed by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun.
The commission maintained that the petitioners failed to gather the requisite number of signatures/thumbprints, which must represent more than one-half of the registered voters in the Kogi Central Senatorial District.
INEC affirmed that petition fell short of 29,146 signatures as only 208,132 signatures were collected as opposed to the needed 237,278 signatures out of the 474,554 registered voters in the district.
In line with the legal requirements, INEC also issued a Public Notice regarding the outcome of the review.
The notice, alongside a summary of the signatures/thumbprints disaggregated by Local Government Areas, is available for public viewing on INEC’s official website and social media platforms.