{"id":92967,"date":"2022-03-19T13:57:06","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T12:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92967"},"modified":"2022-03-19T13:58:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T12:58:32","slug":"judgment-nullifying-section-8412-of-electoral-act-is-crooked-says-odinkalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/judgment-nullifying-section-8412-of-electoral-act-is-crooked-says-odinkalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgment nullifying section 84(12) of Electoral Act is crooked, says Odinkalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727732465629852594\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, has faulted the process used by the presiding judge that nullifird section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The presiding judge, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, had yesterday held that the section was \u201cunconstitutional, invalid, illegal, null, void and of no effect whatsoever and ought to be struck down as it cannot stand when it is in violation of the clear provisions of the Constitution.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The court ordered the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to \u201cforthwith delete the said section 84(12) from the body of the Electoral Act, 2022\u201d.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A statement from the office of the Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, says \u201cin line with the court judgment ordering the AGF to delete forthwith, section 84(12) from the Electoral Act:\u201c1. The office of the AGF and Minister of Justice will accordingly give effect to the Court judgment in line with the dictates of the law and the spirit of the judgment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c2. The judgment of the Court will be recognized by the Government printers in printing the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201c3.\u00a0 The provision of Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022 is not part of our law and will be so treated accordingly.\u201c4. This is in line with the dictates of chapter 7, Part 4, Section 287 of the 1999 Constitution of the Fed Rep of Nigeria (as amended) on enforcement of decisions that make it a point of obligation on all authorities &amp; persons to enforce the judgment of the Federal High Court, etc<\/p>\n<p>\u201d The Act will be gazetted factoring the effect of the judgment into consideration and deleting the constitutionally offensive provision accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A copy of the judgment quotes the court saying the decision to nullify section 84(12) of the Electoral Act was taken after \u2018hearing\u2019 counsel in the matter and after \u2018due consideration.\u2019For Odinkalu, that process sounds corrupt and crooked, arguing that courts don\u2019t make an order by hearing nor do they go into due consideration.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThis is a corrupt &amp; crooked order on its face. When a case comes up for judgment, contrary to the text of this order, the court does not \u201chear\u201d counsel nor does it go into \u201cdue consideration\u201d. It simply proceeds to judgment after taking appearances. 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