Electoral Act Amendment: Senate unaware of any Court order on Section 84(12) – Basiru
Senate has denied knowledge of any court order on Section 84(12) of the Signed Amended Electoral Act.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja.
“I’m not aware of the suit and whether the National Assembly was a party or was served and/or represented.
“I have also not seen or read the judgment or whether the National Assembly has been served with the judgment or any order of court. I cannot react to newspaper reports of court judgment without seeing the actual court judgment.”
It would be recalled that a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Friday, ordered that Section 84 (12) should be deleted from the newly amended Electoral Act 2022.
Presiding Justice, Evelyn Anyadike, held that the section was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever.
Subsequently, Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami issued a statement that his office will comply with the court order for the removal of section 84(12) of the signed electoral act.
However, the Senate maintains that it was not aware of any court judgment which struck out the controversial Section 84 (12) from the newly amended Electoral Act 2022.
