The Federal Superior Court that is in Lokoja has granted a provisional court order that restricts the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to receive, accept or act in any supposedly request that contains “fictional signatures and names” destined to initiate a recovery process against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uuduaghan.
In the ruling delivered on Thursday, March 20, 2025, Judge Isa H. Dashen ordered that INEC, his staff, agents, private or assignees should not receive, accept or act in any way in any way that is presented to Kogi Kogi members of Kogi of Kogi. “Any referendum at all about the petition with the purpose of initiating a process of recruitment of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan as a senator that represents said senatorial district in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”, waiting for the determination of a motion in notice.
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The decision of the court followed an ex -party request for a provisional court order filed by Anebe Jacob Oirima and four others, which are voters registered in Kogi Central.
The application, backed by a “affidavit of extreme urgency”, was transferred by Smart Nwachinemere, Esq., From West-Idahosa, San & Co.
Judge Dashen also ordered that “the registered order of this honorable court together with the motion in notice was delivered to the defendant/defendant waiting for the determination of the substantive claim.”
The case has been postponed until May 6, 2025, for a report on the service and greater mention.
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