Electoral Act amendment: Bill bars voters from contesting candidates’ certificates in court - Punch Newspapers

• Only co-contestants at primaries can sue on candidates’ certificates, credentials – Ex-INEC directorA new amendment to the Electoral Act has precluded the possibility of voters challenging credentials submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission by candidates, The PUNCH has learnt.

Currently, all Nigerians are allowed to challenge the credentials of candidates of any political party. This has been reaffirmed by several court judgments. The Supreme Court agreed with the PDP and disqualified the APC despite the fact that the APC had already been declared winner of the election by INEC.

He added, “I believe that the people seeking to occupy public office seek to occupy a position of trust and to that extent, once you have ventured into a contest for a position of public trust, your life is open and there is nothing to hide again. Falana stated, “That provision will be illegal because anybody can demand from INEC under the FoI Act the form submitted by anybody and once you have that, you can go to court?

“As the law stands, if any candidate fills Form CF 004 for his personal particulars, anybody can go to court, file a case and say such a person is not qualified. In the new amendment, they have limited to only those who contested the primaries with that person is qualified.

They are just giving Buhari another reason not to sign the bill.

Legislathieves that's what you all are. This is not democracy its quite shameful

Criminals in the house 🏡

With each bill, they ridicule the constitution.

This is irresponsible

The present set of national Assembly members are dishonorable and irresponsible... The attempt to shield candidates from the public is against the spirit of democracy.

So anybody can come with any rubbish and claim it's legit certificate and we allow it.......these men are fools and wicked

MohdSaniMusa will rebuild OfficialAPCNg APCGovernors istandwith313

These men at the Parliament are wicked souls.

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