Justice Evelyn Anyadike, in a judgment, held that, that Section of the Act was “unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever and ought to be struck down as it cannot stand when it is in violation of the clear provisions of the Constitution.”
Justice Anyadike in the Suit FHC/UM/CS/26/2022 held that Sections 66, 107 of the 1999 Constitution already stipulated that appointees of government seeking to contest elections were only to resign at least 30 days to the date of the election. However, coming under order 42 of the Senate Standing Orders on Personal Explanation, Senator George Thompson Sekibo during plenary, challenged the judgment of the court on Section 84.
“I don’t think that somebody should go to court without joining the Senate or the House of Representatives where this law emanated from, because we are the origin of the law before the President assented to it.
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