Electoral Jurisprudence: The Judicial Sack of Lawmakers and their Fate
ABSTRACT
The general elections have come and gone with so many obse...
The recent events in the Rivers State Politics have become a trending discourse in Nigeria’s political and legal landscape. Our concern is not the major causes of this crisis but the legal implications that this crisis portends.
The Electoral Act, 2022, came as the long awaited messiah to purge our system, but it failed to address the prosecution of electoral offences. The Act only made provisions for offences, without delving into how to make good what would be made bad at the long run.