The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia on the deletion of section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022.
In a judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, a three-member panel of the court headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka declared the section as unconstitutional because it violates Section 42 of the Constitution and denied a class of Nigerian citizens their right to participate in an election.The appeal also held that the court in Umuahia had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case because the plaintiff, Nduka Edede, lacked the locus standi to have filed the suit in the first place.
The Court of Appeal subsequently struck out the suit marked: FHC/UM/CS/26/2022 which Edede filed before the Federal High Court.He had, however, asked the national assembly to delete section 84 of the act, which reads: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.
Delivering the ruling in a suit marked FHC/UM/CS/26/2022, Anyadike said sections 66, 107, 137 and 182 of the 1999 constitution already stipulated that government appointees seeking to contest elections were only to resign at least 30 days to the date of the election.
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One is appointed to do as services to his/her country. This is no way a disqualification but a call for every right thinking person to do the needful. It's one thing before the other, resign and handle over authority to act to another before doing other distracting task. Simple
We should all know that any act of parliament that is not in consonant with the Constitutional provision is null and void. Period.
By common sense, political appointees need to resign before contesting in an election. Political appointees are public servants.
There is no northern elders ,fulani caliphate using Hausas and other tribes in the north to issue statements all times. Hausas must separate themselves from all statements fulani people are making on their behalf. Stand up and fight Hausa. Don't be fooled forever. Rise up.
What they don't know is that not everything is or should be in the constitution, being one of the reasons we have an arm of government bestowed with the constitutional powers to make laws for the good of the society.......
All these changes and court decisions on the electoral act that was enacted a few months ago should tell you how fraudulent the electoral act is. A law that has not been tested yet is going through this back and forth.
It just means that any political appointee have either to resign and participate in the electoral process or not to participate at all if not resigned.
Now we will know who pays the Piper, and dictates the tone.
Not clear ooo
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God bless appeal court
Wots dat section all about plz?
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I am confused with this judgement
Why set aside instead of doing the right things once and for all 🙏
Everywhere section section, they should be clear cos as am seeing it naija is undergoing ceaserean section
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