{"id":7471,"date":"2025-04-03T16:08:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/?p=7471"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T16:08:56","slug":"inec-dismisses-recall-petition-against-senator-akpoti-uduaghan-for-failing-constitutional-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/03\/inec-dismisses-recall-petition-against-senator-akpoti-uduaghan-for-failing-constitutional-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Dismisses Recall Petition Against Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan for Failing Constitutional Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-10\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 px-6\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn @xs\/thread:px-0 @sm\/thread:px-1.5 @md\/thread:px-4\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"801d6adf-1660-442c-a8c1-deb355d30364\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"108\" data-end=\"529\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially dismissed the petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. In a statement posted on their X page on Thursday, INEC confirmed that the petition did not meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"531\" data-end=\"963\">The petition, filed by a group of constituents under the banner of <em data-start=\"598\" data-end=\"630\">Concerned Kogi Youth and Women<\/em>, accused Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan of losing the confidence of her constituents. The group claimed to have collected signatures from over half of the 474,554 registered voters in the district. However, after a thorough review, INEC concluded that the petition did not meet the necessary legal criteria for initiating a recall process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"965\" data-end=\"1177\">INEC assured the public that it remains committed to upholding the legal framework surrounding the recall procedure and cautioned against any misinformation or rumors circulating on social media about the matter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1179\" data-end=\"1394\">The dismissal of the recall petition comes as a significant development, affirming Akpoti-Uduaghan&#8217;s position as the duly elected representative of Kogi Central, despite the challenges she has faced in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially dismissed the petition seeking the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District. In a statement posted on their X page on Thursday, INEC confirmed that the petition did not meet the constitutional requirements outlined in Section 69(a) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"INEC dismisses recall petition against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, citing failure to meet constitutional requirements.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7475,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7471\/revisions\/7475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shakamomodu.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}