Attorney General to enforce court ruling on electoral act

Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, will enforce the judgement of the Federal High Court, Umuahia which ordered that section 84(12) be deleted from the Electoral Act.

Justice Evelyn Anyadike in her ruling on Friday, said the section was “unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever and ought to be struck down as it cannot stand when it is in violation of the clear provisions of the Constitution.”

Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations, Office of the Attorney General, Umar Gwandu, in a statement on Friday said Malami “will accordingly give effect to the court judgment in line with the dictates of the law and the spirit of the judgment.

“The judgment of the court will be recognized by the Government printers in printing the Electoral Act.

“The Act will be gazetted factoring the effect of the judgment into consideration and deleting the constitutionally offensive provision accordingly.

“The provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022 is not part of our law and will be so treated accordingly.

“This is in line with the dictates of chapter 7, Part 4, Section 287 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) on enforcement of decisions that makes it a point of duty and obligation on all authorities and persons to have the judgment of the federal High Court, among others, to be enforced,” the statement read.