The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday delivered judgement on the controversial section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022, that mandates political appointees to resign their position before their parties’ primaries, IgbereTV reports. 
The Court gave verdict in relation to the suit filed against the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation AGF and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
A seven-man bench of the Supreme Court, led by Musa Dattijo-Muhammad, ruled out the suit and branded it an abuse of court process.
In the judgement delivered by Aokmaye Agim, the court said the president could not demand the removal of section 84 (12) section of the Electoral Act 2022 having earlier assented to it.
He stressed that the President’s move to remove the controversial section in his request to the National Assembly was at variance with the constitutional principles, stressing that it was an ill-founded ploy to get the validation of the court.
He said: “The president has no power to request or compel the national assembly to amend any part of the Act of the National Assembly in which he has participated in its making
