QUALIFICATION/DISQUALIFICATION - Position of the law on right of action and when cause of action will crystalize/accrue in an action seeking a declaration that information/document(s) presented by a candidate to INEC is false under Section 29(5) of t
HELD:
"From the questions for determination submitted by the Appellant in his Originating Summons, which are reproduced in the lead judgment, his case is brought pursuant to the following laws - Sections 177(d) and 182(1)(j) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022.
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