Senator Natasha’s Recall Bid Stalled as Court Blocks INEC Action
A Federal High Court in Lokoja has issued an interim injunction restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting, processing, or acting on petitions allegedly containing fictitious signatures for the recall of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
Justice Isa H. Dashen granted the order in suit no: FHC/LKJ/CS/13/2025 following an ex parte motion dated 19 March 2025 and filed the next day by five applicants—Anebe Jacob Ogirima, John Adebisi, Musa Siyaka Adeiza, Hon. Ahmed Usman, and Maleek Yahaya—against INEC.
The judge ruled: “That an interim injunction is granted restraining the defendant, their staff, agents, privies, or assigns from receiving, accepting, or acting in any way whatsoever on any purported petitions submitted by any person or persons, containing fictitious signatures and names of purported members of the Kogi Central Senatorial District and conducting any referendum upon such petitions for the purpose of initiating a recall process of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, pending the determination of the motion on notice.”
The ruling follows attempts by certain individuals within the constituency to initiate the recall of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan. The court will hear further arguments when the motion is brought before it.
