FG will effect court ruling deleting section 84 of electoral act, says Malami

From Ogundele Olanrewaju

Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of he federation (AGF), says the federal government will effect a judgment which ordered the removal of section 84 (12) of the amended Electoral Act, 2022.

President Muhammadu Buhari had assented to the electoral act amendment bill on
February 25.

He, however, asked the national assembly to delete section 84 (12) 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.”

On March 9, the senate rejected the president’s request to amend the clause in the electoral act.