The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved judgment in the suit
filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation,
Abubakar Malami, to void the provisions of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act,
2022.
The court will announce a date to the parties involved.
On May 19, the apex court admitted an application filed by
Rivers to be joined in the suit.
Justice Musa Dattijo, who led the seven-member panel of the
justices of the apex court, allowed the joinder application that Rivers brought
through the Speaker of its House of Assembly and its Attorney-General and
adjourned the hearing on the suit until May 26.
The applicants told the court that they were opposed to the
suit marked SC/CV/504/2022, which originally had the National Assembly as the
sole respondent.
Recall that Buhari and Malami filed a suit at the Supreme
Court, seeking an interpretation of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment
Act 2022.
They are seeking an order of the apex court to strike out
the section of the Electoral Act, saying it is inconsistent with the nation’s
Constitution.
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