The petition seeking the recall of the Senator representing Kogi Central, Mrs Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan failed to meet the constitutional requirement, Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) said yesterday.
The electoral agency said only 208,132 voters of the 474,554 registered in the constituency, representing 43.86 percent signed the recall notice as against the required 237,278, thereby putting an end to the process.
Section 69(a) of the Constitution states that “A member of the Senate or of the House Representatives may be recalled as such a member if -(a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, a petition in that behalf signed by more than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member”.