US EditionAkpabio's petition forced judge to withdraw from my suit against Senate - Senator Natasha
- Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan petitioned Police Inspector-General Kayode Egbetokun over alleged forgery of over 250,000 signatures in a recall petition against her.
- Akpoti-Uduaghan's legal team, led by Victor Giwa, claims the signatures are forged and insists that the police should investigate the forgery.
- The Independent National Electoral Commission stated that the petition lacked proper contact details, which were provided shortly after.
- INEC acknowledged that conducting a recall election is more costly than a typical constituency election and emphasized adherence to legal requirements.
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Akpabio's petition forced judge to withdraw from my suit against Senate - Senator Natasha
Suspended Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of frustrating a suit she filed to stop her suspension. Natasha accused Akpabio of petitioning the National Judicial Council, NJC, and the Department of State Services, DSS, against Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Abuja Federal High Court. She claimed that Akpabio’s petition made Justice Egwuatu to step down from her case. On March 4, Justice Egw…
Senator Natasha petitions IGP over alleged forged signatures in recall process
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, over alleged forgery of signatures in the recall petition against her. The petition, submitted on Friday, challenges the authenticity of the over 250,000 signatures presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by her constituents seeki…
Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: Recall election costlier than normal election, INEC says
No recall of a lawmaker has been successful in Nigeria's history. The post Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: Recall election costlier than normal election, INEC says appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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