Sen Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan 
By Our Correspondent
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has faulted the petition for the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on the grounds that it does not meet stipulated guidelines.
The Commission, in a statement signed by, National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, on Tuesday, stated that it observed that Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall petitioners did not provide their contact addresses as required in the guidelines for recall process.
The INEC stated,
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣’𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 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. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙨 “𝙊𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙚, 𝙆𝙤𝙜𝙞 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚,” 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙊𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 “𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧” 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨.”
The Commission further noted that all petitions would be treated in strict compliance with the legal framework, promising to announce its next step of action on Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall when the petitioners complied with the necessary requirements.
The Commission reassured the public that it would be guided by the legal framework for recall, adding that the public should therefore discountenance any speculations and insinuations on social media.
