“There will be no end to electoral issues until the 1999 Constitution is amended” Robert Clarke,SAN

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke, has blamed the 1999 Constitution for the incessant electoral litigations over the years and said there will be no end to electoral issues until the law is amended. Clarke, who made this known during a live interactive session on Thursday, said the 1999 Constitution gave the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, so much power. The senior lawyer’s comment followed the Supreme Court judgment that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election.

According to him, all the problems today are being caused by the political parties with their numerous litigations from pre-election to the election as well as post-election. Speaking on the outcome of the appeals by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, against Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC at the Supreme Court on Thursday, Clarke blamed lawyers to the litigants, saying that they could have done better if they wanted a different outcome.