Federal High Court Nullifies Earlier Judgement, Grants Recall Process Against Sen. Natasha
Oufemi Orunsola
Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja the Kogi State capital has set aside an earlier ruling that restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from receiving the recall process initiated by constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that the Federal High Court in a landmark judgement delivered in Lokoja over the weekend affirmed that the recall process is constitutionally valid and aligns with the civic rights of the constituents, urging the constituents to continue exercising their rights in an orderly and peaceful manner.
OTN News recalls that on Thursday, a court granted an interim injunction restraining INEC, its staff, agents, privies or assigns from receiving, accepting or acting on any petition containing signatures of members of Kogi Central Senatorial district.
The court also stopped INEC from conducting any referendum upon such petition for the purpose of initiating a re-call process of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria pending the determination of the Motion on Notice to the same effect.
As reported in previous bulletins, the court granted the application following an Ex-parte application for interim supported by an Affidavit of Extreme urgency together with other court processes sworn to by Anebe Jacob Ogirima for himself and four others who are registered voters and constituents of Kogi Central Senatorial District of Kogi State.
Meanwhile, Counsel to the applicant, Smart Nwachimere, argued that the recall petitions contained fictitious signatures from purported constituents.
OTN News observes that this development is coming at a time indications emerged that the Senate President Godswill Akpabio had allegedly induced some Senators with money in the tune of $10,000 to back the resolution on the declaration of state of emergency rule in Rivers state
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