Nigeria: Bye-elections: No law stops serving lawmakers from contesting — Reps member

Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Adebayo Balogun, on Friday disclosed that there is no existing law stopping any serving lawmakers or political office holders from contesting bye-elections in the country.

Hon. Balogun, who represents the Ibeju-Lekki federal constituency of Lagos State, stated this in Abuja during a media chat with Parliamentary Correspondents, underscoring the need for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…