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Published on 2025-03-20 11:40:17
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has reaffirmed that elected officials, including governors and legislators, cannot be removed from office through a declaration of a state of emergency.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, El-Rufai cited a 2006 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that Section 305 of the Nigerian Constitution does not permit the removal of elected officials during an emergency.
“It is true that in those cases, the governors were suspended. These suspensions were challenged in court, and in 2006, the Supreme Court of Nigeria gave a judgment clearly stating that under no circumstances can the emergency provision in Section 305 be used to remove any elected official. That…
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