The House of Representatives is advancing a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter on governorship election petitions
A member of the House of Representatives, Bayo Balogun stated this and the Chairman of House Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), confirmed it on Tuesday.
According to the lawmaker, the law would make hold elections earlier than February to pave the way for the conclusion of post-election litigations before the end of a governor’s tenure.
He explained that there wouldn’t be three layers again for anybody after a governorship poll had been conducted.
The bill, if passed, will remove the Supreme Court from the appeal process in governorship disputes.
News Edited by Favour Owonibi