The court of appeal in Abuja has set aside the judgement of the federal high court in Umuahia which voided the provision of section eighty four subsection twelve of the electoral Act 2022.
In a judgment delivered by a three man panel of the court headed by Justice Hamma Barka held that the Federal High Court 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 instance.
The court also held that the provision is unconstitutional as it violates Section forty two subsect one “A” of the Constitution which denied a class of Nigerian citizens their right to participate in the election.
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Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
