President Muhammadu Buhari, and the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, have petitioned the Supreme Court for an interpretation of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022.
The plaintiffs, the President and AGF, named the National Assembly as the sole defendant in the lawsuit filed on April 29.
They are asking the Supreme Court to strike down a portion of the Electoral Act that they claim is in violation of the country’s Constitution.
The plaintiffs argue that Section 84 (12) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2022, is incompatible with Sections 42, 65, 66, 106, 107, 131, 137, 147, 151, 177, 182, 192, and 196 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), as well as Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights.
President Buhari and Malami both claimed that the Constitution already stipulates qualifications and disqualifications for the President and Vice President,…
