Despite the controversial judgements delivered by the Court of Appeal on governorship and National Assembly election cases, the House of Representatives has embarked on a mission to amend the constitution to grant the court final authority to adjudicate on governorship election petitions, Davidson Iriekpen writes
A bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to make the Court of Appeal the final arbiter for the determination of governorship election petitions last week scaled second reading at the House of Representatives.