The federal high court, Abuja,
has ordered the national assembly to suspend actions on the electoral act.
President Muhammadu Buhari
rejected amendment to the act on Tuesday.
In a letter to both chambers of
the national assembly, the president said the amendment to the “sequence of
elections in section 25 of the principal act, may infringe upon the
constitutionally guaranteed discretion of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to organise, undertake and supervise elections provided in
Section 15(a) of the third statue to the constitution”.
Ahmed Mohammed, the judge, gave
the restraining order in a suit filed by Accord Party on Wednesday.
The party is challenging the
constitutionality of the amendment to the electoral act.
Wole Olanipekun, counsel to the
party, had prayed the court for a “preservative order”.
The judge held that the order is
to preserve the substance of the main suit.
Mohammed ruled that if the national
assembly went ahead to exercise its powers by overriding the president, the
essence of the suit would be defeated.
Chinelo Ogbozor, counsel to the
national assembly, had opposed the Olanipekun’s appeal but to no avail.
The restraining order is till
March 17 which is the adjourned date.
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