Electoral Act: Buhari loses as Supreme Court strikes out suit against National Assembly

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The Supreme Court, on Friday, struck out a suit filed against the National Assembly by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), challenging the legality of the controversial section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022.

Besides, the court held that Buhari has no power under any law to dictate to the National Assembly on law-making.

The unanimous verdict held that Buhari, having participated in the making of the Electoral Act by his assent, lacked Constitutional powers to come up to challenge same.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.We help you professionally trade your forex, bitcoin and binary accounts for minimum 20% weekly profit.

 

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A progressive and defensive development towards devidend Democracy in Nigeria.

😅 This man must know that his relevance as we stand is only attributed to Aso rock. No honour, integrity & credibility whatsoever. Many Nigerians prayed and also persuaded sleepy buhari to sign that electoral bill in Feb. Now he’s awake and NA to overturn the bill.

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