Breaking: Appeal Court strikes down portions of Electoral Act as unconstitutional
Dissatisfied with the judgment, the party approached the appellate court, praying it to, among others, determine whether the stated provisions of the Electoral Act are superior to the powers donated to political parties by the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has struck down sections 77(5), (6) and (7), as well as 84(2) of the Electoral Act 2026, which regulate membership registers of political parties and the procedure for the nomination of candidates for the 2027 general elections.
The party urged the appellate court to determine if the electoral law was not an attempt to usurp the right of political parties to decide how to conduct their internal affairs.
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