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Lawyer files suit against Electoral Act’s provision disallowing querying election winner’s constitutional qualifications

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"It may interest Nigerians to know that the 2026 Electoral Act has removed one of the most important sections of the Electoral Act 2022 that accords with the eligibility and qualification/disqualification sections of the 1999 constitution," the plaintiff said.

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