2027 Polls: Court dismisses NDC’s suit on qualification of candidates
On the issue of Section 77(5) of the Electoral Act 2026, Justice Umar held that the appellate court’s judgment serves as a binding precedent and the extant position of the law on the matter.
He held that the suit was an invitation for the court to interpret provisions of both the Electoral Act 2026 and the 1999 Constitution, as amended, adding that the mere attachment of INEC’s election timetable to the originating summons did not transform the case into a pre-election matter.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA— The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed as lacking in merit a suit the National Democratic Congress (NDC) filed to strike down section 138 of the Electoral Act 2026, which removed the issue of the qualification of a candidate as a ground for election petitions.
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