A seven- man panel of the Supreme Court has rejected President Muhammad Buhari and attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami’s bid to strike out the controversial section 84(12) of the Electoral Act. The provision, included in the amended Electoral Act 2022 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 25, 2022 bars political appointees from voting or being voted for at conventions of political parties. However, in the judgment delivered by Justice Aokmaye Agim, the Supreme Court argued that “There is no provision in the constitution that vests the president the power to challenge the constitutionaility or desirability of a legislation after he has assented or denied his assent. In this case, the president gave his assent’’
