Electoral Act controversial provision: APC bars political appointees from voting at national convention

The All Progressives Congress has barred political appointees from voting at its convention holding on Saturday.

The party made this known in a press statement on Thursday.

The statement was entitled, “Attention to political office holders who were elected as delegates.”

It read: “The National Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of APC has declared that all political appointees who were elected as delegates to the National Convention slated for 26/3/2022 SHALL NOT VOTE in view of the controversy surrounding Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022.

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“However, political appointees can still attend as observers.”