BREAKING: Natasha wins big as bid to recall her flops… INEC throws out petition

INEC in a statement issued on Thursday, said that failed to meet the requirements for the recall of a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Recall that a group purporting to represent Natasha’s constituents submitted a petition to the INEC, demanding that Natasha should be recalled on the grounds of loss of confidence.

The embattled lawmaker is also currently serving a dix-month suspension for alleged ‘gross misconduct’.

The petition, titled: “Constituents’ Petition for the Recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Grounds of Loss of Confidence”, was submitted at INEC’s headquarters in Abuja and received by Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the Secretary to the Commission.

The petitioners claimed that over 250,000 constituents’ signed the petition, out of about 480,000 registered voters in the senatorial district.

However, in a brief statement on Thursday, INEC threw out the petition , saying: “The petition for the recall of the Senator, representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).”