2023: FEDERAL HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN SECTION 84(12) OF THE AMENDED NEW ELECTORAL ACT

  ..DECLARES SECTION 84(12) UNCONSTITUTIONAL, INVALID AND ILLEGAL … DECLARES POLITICAL APPOINTEES CAN ONLY RESIGN 30 DAYS TO ELECTION. UPHOLDS SECTIONS 66(1)(f), 107(1)(f), 137(1)(f) AND 182(1)(f) OF THE 1999 CONSTITUTION AS THE ONLY REQUIREMENTS FOR RESIGNATION BY POLITICAL APPOINTEES ..COURT ORDERS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION TO FORTHWITH DELETE SECTION 84(12) FROM THE ELECTORAL ACT…