INEC: Reps can’t disqualify candidates by letter — SAN

By Lukman Olabiyi
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Dr Monday Ubani, has taken a swipe at the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Amendment over its reported directive to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to disqualify candidates whose names have already been published.
Ubani, in a reaction shared on Facebook handle, questioned the legal basis of the committee’s directive, insisting that an ordinary letter from a House committee cannot amend the Electoral Act, confer new powers on INEC or enlarge the orders of the Supreme Court.
The controversy followed reports that the committee wrote INEC, directing the commission to disqualify some candidates purp...