The National President, National Forum for South East President (NFSEP), Dr Patrick Enuneku has frowned against the declaration by the federal high court, Umuahia to delete clause 84(12) of the electoral act being promulgated by the national assembly.
Dr Enuneku disclosed this to News Echo during an interactive session on Sunday at Awka.
According to him, “Rascality is gradually creeping into Nigerian Judiciary, or how do I explain the alacrity at which the Judge at Federal High Court, Umuahia, made pronouncement for the deletion of clause 84(12) of the recently promogated Electoral Act 2022”.
“I was still dancing in the euphora of 9th National Assembly passing the Electoral Act 2022, as the most prominent bill passed by the Legislative arm of the govt, only to be cut short by Judicial pronouncement for the deletion of the most masses friendly bill, 84(12) of the Electoral Act 2022 before gazetting it”.
The NFESP leader further noted that the National Forum for South East Presidency (NFSEP) wish to state unequivocally that 9th Assembly should follow the case till supreme court and “fight vigorously” to ensure the retention of Electoral Act 2022 as passed by the house and signed by Mr President.
Contributing, member of the Group’s National Working Committee, Mr John Agwu said his worry is that “even though the order by the Judge for the removal of this section of the electoral act 2022 as amended negates the principles of separation of power, the said section of the electoral act actually is in conflict with an extant section of the CFRN and to that extent is null, void and of no effect except that section of the constitution is amend vide a due constitutional amendment process”.
“Our lawmakers, should desist from passing bills for an act which runs in conflict with the supreme laws of the federation and give other arms of government room to ridicule the Legislature”, he suggested.