Over 50 per cent of registered voters in Kogi Central Senatorial District have petitioned Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to recall their embattled Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, from the 10th Senate.
INEC received the petition from constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District on Monday at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
The petition, which claims to have met the requirements stipulated by Section 69 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, was submitted with over 250,000 signatures out of 480,000 registered voters.
According to the constituents, the petition rose from their loss of confidence on the embattled Senator.
Nigeria’s Constitution requires over 50 per cent of registered voters to append their signatures on the petition to initiate a recall process that is acceptable.
“This petition arises from our loss of confidence in the Senator on grounds of gross misconduct, abuse of office, evasion of due process and a pattern of deceitful behaviour that has not only embarrassed the people of Kogi Central constituency but has also tarnished the integrity of the Nigerian Senate and our nation’s democratic institutions.
“By this petition, which we have made sure is signed by more than one-half of the registered voters in Kogi Central, we hereby demand that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) immediately commence the constitutional and procedural process of recall to remove Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan fromm office and declare her seat vacant,” the petition read in part.
Natasha, who was slammed a six-month suspension for breaching Senate Rules, has leveled sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The Kogi Central Senatorial District Senator, who has maintained her innocence has also filed a suit challenging her suspension by the Senate in Court.
