{"id":170787,"date":"2022-04-01T15:24:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=170787"},"modified":"2022-04-01T15:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:24:05","slug":"ozekhome-nassembly-tried-to-amend-constitution-illegally-with-section-8412-of-electoral-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/01\/ozekhome-nassembly-tried-to-amend-constitution-illegally-with-section-8412-of-electoral-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozekhome: N\u2019assembly tried to amend constitution illegally with section 84(12) of Electoral Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular lawyer and activist, Mike Ozekhome has stated that the national assembly acted beyond its powers in its amendment of section 84(12) of the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n<p>The section reads: \u201cNo 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 purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A federal high court in Umuahia, Abia state last Friday directed the\u00a0attorney-general of the federation to delete the section from the amended electoral act.<\/p>\n<p>Evelyn Anyadike, the judge, held that the section was unconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and cannot stand.<\/p>\n<p>Anyadike ruled that sections 66(1)(f), 107(1)(f), 137(1)(f) and 182(1)(f) of the 1999 constitution already\u00a0stipulated that appointees of government seeking to contest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/03\/29\/ibiyeomie-sends-strong-message-to-nigerians-ahead-of-2023-elections\/\">elections<\/a> were to resign at least 30 days to the date of the election.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Thursday, Ozekhome said the judge \u201cscored the bull\u2019s eye in striking down the offensive subsection 12 of section 84 of the new Electoral Act in Suit No. UM\/CS\/26\/2022: CHIEF NDUKA EDEDE V AG FEDERATION\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost critics have never even cared to read the full order made by Justice Anyadike, so as to understand its true import and purport,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did not just restrict her order to only political appointees as is erroneously widely believed. She actually extended it to \u201cany political appointee, political or public office holder\u201d, as envisaged (according to these critics) in sections 84 and 318 of the 1999 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe actually aligned her order with these sections with the intention to deepen, widen and liberalize the political space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senior advocate said with the provisions of subsections 12 and 13 of the same section 84,\u201cthe NASS had sought to completely emasculate and consign to the vehicle of electoral oblivion, a section of the political class, simply because they are currently serving their country\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the NASS intended to do by subsections 12 and 13 of section 84 is to amend the constitution through the backdoor, without going through the tortuous\u00a0 amendment process prescribed in section 9 thereof; which deals with the mode of altering the provisions of the constitution,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ozekhome added that the power of Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), stops at giving effect to the court judgment by voiding the said provision and not deleting it from the official gazette.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would the attorney-general seek to delete the offensive section 84 (12) as ordered by the Judge? A court\u2019s duty stops at voiding an Act or law, but not to delete or repeal it.\u00a0 That is the job of the legislature or the Law Revision Commission,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In a different twist, Ozekhome drew attention to section 84 (15) of the Electoral Act which he described as \u201cmore worrisome and dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am surprised that all the critics of the federal high court judgement in Umuahia delivered by the honourable justice Evelyn Anyadike, have not adverted their learned minds to the more worrisome and\u00a0 dangerous provision in section 84 (15).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter granting the federal high court jurisdiction in section 84 (14), to entertain cases from \u201can aspirant who complains that the provisions of this Act and the guidelines of a political party have not been complied with in selection or nomination of a candidate of a political party for election, may apply to the federal high court for redress\u201d, subsection 15 of section 84 went on to completely oust the jurisdiction of all courts on matters concerning primaries, thus:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing in this section shall empower the courts to stop the holding of primaries or general elections under this Act pending the determination of a suit\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterpreted in another way, section 84(15) is simply saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCourts, please, allow political parties to first do maximum damage during their primaries and general elections, and subsequently entertain emerging suits thereafter after the wrong candidates would have emerged and after resources, time and energy would have been expended by individuals, political parties, INEC and the electorate to conduct sham elections\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am worried by this obnoxious ouster clause. 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