The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umuahia which voided the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022.

In a judgment on Wednesday in Abuja, a three-member panel of the court headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka held that the Federal High Court Umuahia had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case because the plaintiff, Nduka Edede, lacked the locus standi to have filed the suit in the first place.

The appellate court added that Edede did not establish any cause of action to have warranted his approaching the court on the issue because he did not establish that he was directly affected by the provision.

The Court of Appeal struck out the suit marked: FHC/UM/CS/26/2022 which Edede filed before the Umuahia court.

While determining the appeal on the merit, the appellate court however held that the provision is unconstitutional because it violates Section 42 (1)(a) of the Constitution and denied a class of Nigerian citizens their right to participate in election.

The judgment was on the appeal marked: CA/OW/87/2022 filed by the PDP.

Malori:
Buhari's inglorious regime is a threat to our democracy

Nigerialabalaba:
Wow!!Malami don score home goal. NJC suppose drag dat Judge sef

How market Ngige, Amaechi, Nwajuiba and Emefiele

post=112723046:
Anything to move our darling nation forward is all we want @.

Nigeria will be great in our lifetime.

God bless Nigeria.


We said in our lifetime, not your lifetime.
Don't get it twisted!
You get whatever you wish for in life.

drlateef:




What are we going to do about these wailers. Rain fall ,they wail, rain didn’t fall, they wail. What do they want

kokoA:
Nigeria will not be great in our life time.

Mynd44:

The judgment is not very clear

drlateef:




What are we going to do about these wailers. Rain fall ,they wail, rain didn’t fall, they wail. What do they want

post=112723046:
Anything

fjjc:
All this does not matter as much as Adamu gives Jonathan the ticket as a consensus candidate.

Whois:

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Nigerialabalaba:
Wow!!Malami don score home goal. NJC suppose drag dat Judge sef

How market Ngige, Amaechi, Nwajuiba and Emefiele

Realists:


The wailers are born sadistic