A Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja 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.
The court in a landmark judgement delivered in Lokoja on Friday affirmed that the recall process is constitutionally valid and aligns with the civic rights of her constituents.
It urged the constituents to continue exercising their rights in an orderly and peaceful manner.
The development was after the court in Lokoja on Thursday, 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.
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. injunction
The application was moved by Smart Nwachimere, Esq of West-Idahosa and Co-signed.
