Electoral Act: Amended Section Does Not Exist, Appointees Will Not Resign - Akpabio | PLUS POLITICS
Channel: Plus TV Africa
Date: 2022-05-09

Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio has declared that the Section 84, sub-section 12 of the Electoral Act as amended, does not exist. The section of the Electoral Act mandates appointees of government who are seeking electoral offices to resign before going into the primaries. But an Abia State division of the Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia had declared the section “unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and ineffective.” The court further ordered the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami to delete the Section without further delay. And Akpabio, who joined the presidential race just recently stated that he was not bothered about the appeal, insisting that he and other appointees of the President who are running for public offices are covered by the provisions of the constitution, which surpasses every other law.

Deji Awobiyide, And Ladipo Johnson, Legal Practitioners joined us to discuss.
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