Natasha’s Recall: INEC Confirms Receipt Of Petitioners’ Contact Address, Says It Has Notified Natasha Of The Petition Letter

Sen Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it has received the contact addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail addresses of representatives of those who submitted the petition for the recall of the lawmaker representing Kogi Central in the Senate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

Recall that on Tuesday, March 26, the electoral body confirmed that it received the petition to recall Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan but says it did not meet the “requirements” for the action.

The electoral body had stated that the representatives of the petitioners did not provide their contact address, telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es) in the covering letter forwarding the petition through which they can be contacted as provided in Clause 1 (f) of our Regulations and Guidelines.

However, in a statement released on Wednesday, March 26, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said the missing details have now been provided in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Commission dated Wednesday 26th March 2025.

The statement reads;

“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.

“As provided in Clause 2(a) of the Commission’s Regulations and Guidelines for Recall 2024, 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%) 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.

“We once again reassure Nigerians that the process will be open and transparent”.