Political appointees have gotten the approval to vote as delegates or be voted for at their party’s convention or congress.
The nod came after a Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State voided the controversial Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act.
Justice Evelyn Anyadike mandated the Attorney General of the Federation to delete the section from the Electoral Act forthwith.
The AGF and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami (SAN), who is one of the people believed to have been the targets of the Section, promised last night that the judgment would be promptly executed.
10 days before the ruling, the Senate rejected a bill to amend the section as earlier requested by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Red Chamber of the National Assembly said yesterday that it was yet to be served with details of the court case.
While the House of Representatives said the intention of the National Assembly in including the provision in the Act was aimed at giving all those who want to take part in the electoral process a level playing ground.
The contentious section states that “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 nomination of candidates for any election.”
