The Senate, in the Second Alteration to the 1999 Constitution it passed on Wednesday, limited the duration of adjudication on appeals on governorship and presidential election petitions to 60 days.
But the duration of cases at election petition tribunals was pegged at 180 days.
The pegging of the duration of appeals was one of the 10 clauses of the Second Alteration Bill to the 1999 Constitution passed by the upper chamber of the National Assembly during its sitting in Abuja.
In the House of Representatives, the 276 members at Wednesday’s plenary also unanimously voted to amend the constitution (2nd Alteration).
Sections 5, 10, 11, and 17 of the constitution were altered in the House by the lawmakers during the voting that witnessed a mild drama.
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