Our reporter/ Barely twenty four hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] declined to accept the recall application for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the electoral empire on Wednesday announced its readiness to now accept the application.
INEC justified its decision via a statement signed by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education.
According to the statement, the Commission said it has confirmed the contact address of representatives of the petitioners, their telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.
The full text of the statement is published below…
PRESS RELEASE • March 26, 2025
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.
Sam Olumekun mni
National Commissioner and Chairman, Information & Voter Education Committee
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