Senate Not Aware Of Any Court Order On Section 84(12) — Ajibola Basiru

Nigerian Senate has denied knowledge of any court order on Section 84(12) of the Signed Amended Electoral Act.

Gatekeepers News reports that the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Ajibola Basiru, stated this while speaking to journalists in Abuja.

Earlier, A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia ordered that Section 84 (12) should be deleted from the newly amended Electoral Act 2022.

The Presiding Justice, Evelyn Anyadike, held that the section was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever.

In response to the court order, Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami issued a statement that his office will comply with a court order for the removal of section 84(12) of the signed electoral act.

However, Basiru said that the Senate was not aware of any court judgment which struck out the controversial Section 84 (12) from the newly amended Electoral Act 2022.

Basiru said, “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.”