Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Fourth Alteration) Acts, 2017
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Official source(f) he is a person employed in the public service of the Federation
or of any State and he has not resigned, withdrawn or retired
from such employment thirty days before the date of election;
(g) he is a member of any secret society;
[Section 107(1)(h) (h) he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a
is deleted by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of
Constitution of Federal Inquiry or a Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act,
Republic of Nigeria
a Tribunals of Inquiry Law or any other law by the Federal and
(First Alteration Act)
2010] State Government 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;
(c) sentenced to death or imprisonment; or
(d) adjudged or declared bankrupt,
any appeal against the decision is pending in any court of law in
accordance with any law in force in Nigeria, subsection (1) of this
section shall not apply during a period beginning from the date
when such appeal is lodged and ending on the date when the
appeal is finally determined or, as the case may be, the appeal
lapses or is abandoned, whichever is earlier.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) of this section, an “appeal”
includes any application for an injunction or an order of certiorari,
mandamus, prohibition or habeas corpus, or any appeal from any
such application.
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