 The Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Umohia, which voided the provision of Section 84, Subsection 12 of the Electoral Act 2022. In a judgment on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, three-member panel of the court headed by Justice Haman Aqwa Barker held the Federal High Court in Umohia had no jurisdiction to have entertained the case because the plaintiff Nduka Edede lacked the local standing to have filed a suit in the first place. The appellant court added that Edede did not establish any case of action to have warranted his approaching the court on the issue because he did not establish he was directly affected by the provision. The Court of Appeal struck out the suit which Edede filed before the Umohia court. While determining the appeal on the merit, the appellant court however held that the provision is unconstitutional because it violates Section 42, Subsection 1A of the Constitution and denied a class of Nigerian citizens their right to participate in the election. The judgment was on the appeal filed by the PDE.