A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr Monday Ubani, has questioned the legal basis of a reported directive by the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Amendment to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to disqualify candidates whose names had already been published.

Ubani, in a reaction to the development, queried whether the directive was supported by the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of INEC v. ZLP & Ors.

He asked whether the apex court actually ordered INEC to disqualify candidates affected by the judgment.

According to him, the judgment could not be enlarged through a letter from a committee of the House of Representatives.

He also questioned the authority of the committee to direct INEC to take action that would have the effect of disqualifying candidates whose names had already been published.

Ubani said: “A Committee letter cannot amend the Electoral Act, create a new power of disqualification, or enlarge the orders of the Supreme Court.

“If the Supreme Court did not order INEC to disqualify candidates, by what authority is a House Committee attempting to achieve that through a letter?”

He maintained that any action to disqualify candidates must be grounded in law and within the powers conferred on INEC.

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