By Joy Odor
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has acknowledged receiving a petition for the recall of the Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District.
In a press release signed by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday informed that the key contact details of the petitioners were missing.
According to the statement, the petition was submitted with six bags of documents containing signatures from more than half of the 474,554 registered voters in the district.
It mentioned that the covering letter only provided a general location, “Okene, Kogi State,” without a specific address or multiple contact numbers as required by INEC’s regulations in the recall process guided by the 1999 Constitution, the Electoral Act 2022, and its 2024 Regulations and Guidelines for Recall.
INEC said once the petition meets all requirements, it would proceed with verifying the signatures using the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in an open process involving petitioners, observers, and the media.The statement affirmed that NEC is currently making efforts to reach the petitioners through other means and urged the public to disregard speculation on social media regarding the recall process.
