Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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Official source(b) under any law in force in any part of Nigeria, he is adjudged
to be a lunatic or otherwise declared to be of unsound mind;
(c) he is under a sentence of death imposed on him by any
competent court of law or tribunal in Nigeria or a sentence of
imprisonment or fine for an offence involving dishonesty or
fraud (by whatever name called) or any other sentence imposed
on him by such a court or tribunal or substituted by a competent
authority for any other sentence imposed on him by such a court;
(d) within a period of less than ten years before the date of
an election to a legislative house, he has been convicted and
sentenced for an offence involving dishonesty or he has been
found guilty of a contravention of the Code of Conduct;
(e) he is an undischarged bankrupt, having been adjudged or
otherwise declared bankrupt under any law in force in any part
of Nigeria;
(f) he is a person employed in the public service of the Federation
or of any State and has not resigned, withdrawn or retired from
such employment thirty days before the date of election;
(g) he is a member of a secret society;
[Section 66(1)(h) (h) he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a Judicial
is deleted by the Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of Inquiry or a
Constitution of Federal Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act, a Tribunals of
Republic of Nigeria
Inquiry Law or any other law by the Federal or State Government
(First Alteration Act)
2010] which indictment has been accepted by the Federal or State
Governments respectively; or
(i) he has presented a forged certificate to the Independent
National Electoral Commission.
(2) Where in respect of any person who has been-
(a) adjudged to be a lunatic;
(b) declared to be of unsound mind;
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