Trust the source, not just the story
Premium Times
Premium Times
Africa · 3 hrs ago
72◉ Centre
Lawyer files suit against Electoral Act’s provision disallowing querying election winner’s constitutional qualifications
72Quality
0Ratings
0Comments
AI Analysis
Quality 72/100
Partisan intensity 35/100
ObjectivePartisan
◉ Centre ✓ Fair headline

A lawyer has filed a lawsuit challenging a provision in Nigeria's 2026 Electoral Act that allegedly removes protections allowing the questioning of an election winner's constitutional qualifications, a power that existed in the 2022 Electoral Act.

🔒www.premiumtimesng.com
Score: 72Opens in app
Lawyer files suit against Electoral Act’s provision disallowing querying election winner’s constitutional qualifications
"It may interest Nigerians to know that the 2026 Electoral Act has removed one of the most important sections of the Electoral Act 2022 that accords with the eligibility and qualification/disqualification sections of the 1999 constitution," the plaintiff said. The post Lawyer files suit against Electoral Act’s provision disallowing querying election winner’s constitutional qualifications appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Discussion 0 comments
Sort:
?

No comments yet — be the first to start the discussion!