The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has struck out the judgement of the Federal High Court in Umuahia, Abia State, which nullified the provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022.
The Court of Appeal, in a judgement on Wednesday, held that the Umuahia court had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case because the plaintiff, Nduka Edede, lacked the locus standi to have filed the suit.
The Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act read: “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.”
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However, a three-member panel of the Appeal Court headed by Justice Hamma Akawu Barka struck out the suit marked: FHC/UM/CS/26/2022 which Edede filed before the Federal High Court.
The appellate court held that Edede did not establish any cause of action to have warranted his approaching the High Court on the issue because he did not establish that he was directly affected by the provision.
The judgement was on the appeal marked: CA/OW/87/2022 filed by the PDP.
Details later…
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