Electoral Reform: Appellate Court Seeks Constitutional Amendments To Safeguard Governors From Deputies’ Disqualification

The Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, proposed an amendment to the Electoral Act, which would ensure that a governor whose deputy has been disqualified by a competent court of law was sworn-in and allowed to nominate another running mate

The Supreme Court had Thursday, February 13, 2020, sacked David Lyon of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor-elect of Bayelsa State, barely 24 hours to his inauguration.

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