National

Natasha: Court restrains INEC from receiving petition for recall

News Update

THE Federal High Court, Lokoja, has granted an interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from receiving petitions for the purpose of initiating a recall process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.

VAM News reports that the push to recall the suspended senator intensified on Thursday, with more groups in Kogi Central throwing their weight behind the process.

However, a group of Ebira indigenes refuted the claim that the recall process was being sponsored and influenced with money by Akpoti-Uduaghan’s political opponents.

Nevertheless, the court, which gave the order on Thursday, also restricted INEC staff, agents, privies, or assigns from accepting or acting on any petition containing fictitious signatures of purported members of the Kogi Central Senatorial District and from conducting any referendum pending the determination of the motion on notice to the same effect.

The court, according to the order paper made available to newsmen on Friday morning, granted the application following an ex-parte application for an interim injunction supported by an affidavit of extreme urgency.

The court processes were sworn to by Anebe Jacob Ogirima for himself and four others who are registered voters and constituents of the Kogi Central Senatorial District of Kogi State.

However, the application was moved by Smart Nwachimere, Esq., of West-Idahosa, SAN & Co., but the case has been adjourned to May 6, 2025, for a report of service and further mention.

MESSAGE us @ https://Wa.me/+2348072633727 for business relationship, Advert, PR, Publicity, Awareness, Interviews, Feature Stories, Press Release/Statement and so on…

Reacting to the development, a pressure group, Action Collective, commended the judiciary for granting the order.

The group’s coordinator, Dr. Onimisi Ibrahim, said in his reaction that the order would further expose the impunity of some sponsored individuals behind the failed plot to recall Senator Natasha.

YOU CAN READ MORE NEWS UPDATES AND INFO @ https://www.voiceairmedia.com

VAM News

Recent Posts

Nigerian Govt Announces Fresh Update On Paramilitary Recruitment

News Update THE Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has released the…

1 hour ago

Insecurity: Kogi Announces Major Measures To Cut Off Bandits’ Supply Network

Insecurity: Kogi bans all night travels on state roads, stop commercial use of okada in…

2 hours ago

Abducted Major General Rabe Abubakar Dies in Bandits Captivity

News Update Rabe Abubakar, a retired major-general and former director of defence information, is dead.…

11 hours ago

Popular Actor Kola Oyewo dies

Veteran Nollywood Kola Oyewo has died. He was aged 80. The disclosure was made in…

16 hours ago

Tears as Serving Federal Lawmaker Dies

News Update THE House of Representatives has expressed deep sorrow over the death of Rep.…

17 hours ago

2027: ‘I won’t get my PVC to vote a Male candidate – Nigerian lady sparks re

A Nigerian feminist has declared that she would rather not vote at all than obtain…

1 day ago