- Godswill Akpabio
She subsequently accused the Senate president of alleged sexual harassment.
PUNCH Online reports that a petition for recall of a lawmaker shall be presented to the Chairman of the
Commission by representatives of the petitioners, having notified the member sought to be recalled, in writing, of the receipt of the petition.
According to INEC’s regulations and guidelines for a recall, such notification shall be delivered to his/her official address, and the presiding officer of the applicable legislature will be copied and published on the Commission’s website.
Also, the commission will ascertain that the petition is signed by more than one-half of the registered voters in the member’s constituency, and the list of signatories to the petition shall constitute the Register of Petitioners (Form EC41) for the purpose of the recall.
According to the guidelines, verification shall be carried out in the Polling Units at the constituency of the member sought to be recalled.
