Nigeria, March 30 -- The suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has said the petition submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by some voters in her constituency for her recall was fraudulent.

Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan stated this in a statement posted on her official Facebook account on Saturday.

Last Monday, some voters in Kogi central senatorial district, under the aegis of the Concerned Kogi Youth and Women submitted a petition to INEC in Abuja for her recall from Senate.

In the petition addressed to INEC chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, members of the group said they had lost confidence in Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan's representation at the National Assembly and, therefore, asked the commission to commence...