is right the lead section is meant to be a summary of the article and therefore all information in the lead section should be in the body As long as it s cited in the body of the article it s fine citing the same information twice is redundant Check Wikipedia Good article review Archive 16 where in a Good Article review of Jihad song the consensus was the lead doesn t need citing If this is the only basis for placing this GAC on hold I d recommend Shadowhalo go to Good Article Review as I did