Umaru Yar'dua, 56, suffers kidney failure, flown abroad. *IBB asked
to step up campaign.
The health crisis rocking PDP's Presidential candidate, Alhaji
Umaru Yar' Adua worsened earlier today as he couldn't honor an
engagement in Lagos.
According to sources at the Yar'Adua - Goodluck campaign he is said
to be in critical condition with possible multiple organ failure.
Alhaji Yar’ Adua, subsequently have been flown abroad by air
ambulance to Germany for emergency intensive care unit treatment.
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Loophole in the 2006 Electoral Act…
Section 37 (1) of the act empowered the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) to postpone election in case of the death of a
nominated candidate before the commencement of poll.
With 50 registered political parties for the 2007 elections by INEC, with
the death of one presidential candidate, INEC can shift the presidential
election forward to a later date.
Making the matter worst, the law did not state the length of the days or
months the election could be postponed.
The section reads: "If after the time for the delivery of nomination paper
and before the commencement of the poll, a nominated candidate dies,
the Chief National Electoral Commissioner or the Resident Electoral
Commissioner shall, being satisfied of the fact of the death, countermand
the poll in which the deceased candidate was to participate and the
Commission shall appoint some other convenient date for the election.”
Download the full copy of 2007 Electoral Act at the e-library
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