The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has written a letter to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. ), highlighting the problems with the inclusion of mandatory direct primaries in the Electoral Act amendment bill. But a source at the Ministry of Justice told one of our correspondents that Malami informed the President that making direct primaries mandatory for all political parties could cause confusion. And most of it is a mixture, if you check the parties, direct and indirect primaries are stated. The Special Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina, had confirmed last week that the President was seeking the advice of the AGF on the electoral bill.

Source: Punch December 17, 2021 10:26 UTC