A group of registered voters from the Kogi Central Senatorial District has submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seeking the recall of the suspended senator representing the district at the National Assembly, Barr. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
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The petition, dated March 21, 2025, was submitted on Monday, March 24, 2025, at the INEC headquarters in Abuja by the group Concerned Kogi Youth and Women.
Leader of the group, Charity Ijoshe Omole, stated that they have lost confidence in the senator.
She said: *“We have lost confidence in her because of her gross misconduct that led to her suspension in the Senate, leaving Kogi Central without representation.
“We have come to recall her because we cannot afford to remain unrepresented. This petition is from Concerned Kogi Youth and Women.
“We, the people of Kogi Central, voted her in, and we are here to recall her. We have 488,000 registered voters, and as I speak to you now, more than 250,000 voters have signed for her recall.”*
In the petition addressed to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and titled “Constituents’ Petition for the Recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan on Grounds of Loss of Confidence,” the petitioners stated:
*”We, the undersigned, being duly registered voters of the Kogi Central Senatorial District, hereby invoke our rights under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to formally demand the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Nigerian Senate.
“In particular, this petition for the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is brought pursuant to Section 68 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), as well as INEC’s Regulations and Guidelines for Recall Petitions.
“Kindly recall that Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan emerged as our senator by the verdict of the Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Tuesday, October 31, 2023, which affirmed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate as the winner of the February 25, 2023, Kogi Central Senatorial election.
“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 behavior that has not only embarrassed the people of Kogi Central but has also tarnished the integrity of the Nigerian Senate and our nation’s democratic institutions.
“By this petition, which we have ensured 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 from office and declare her seat vacant.”
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