The Supreme Court has postponed hearing in the suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami to Thursday, May 19.
Buhari and the Attorney General had taken the National Assembly before the Supreme Court over Section 84 sub-section 12 of the Electoral Act, 2022 as Amendment.
The duo had in the suit filed on April 29, 2022, removed the clause in the electoral act. Both of them told the Apex Court that the Section 84 sub-section 12 of the Electoral Act, 2022 is inconsistent with the provisions of sections 42, 65, 66, 106 and 196 of 1999 Constitution as amended, as well Article 2 of the African Charter on Human and People and Peoples Rights.
It would be recalled however that Buhari while signing the amended bill into law on February 25 had urged the parliament to expunge Clause 84 sub-sections 12 of the Act. The clause 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.”
