Nigeria, Jan. 18 -- A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba, has written the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), requesting the 'correct' interpretation of certain sections of the 1999 constitution ( as amended) that determine who wins a presidential election.

The Electoral Act, 2022 states that ".the result (in an election to the office of the President or Governor) shall be ascertained by counting the votes cast for each candidate and subjected to the provisions of sections 133, 134 and 179 of the Constitution, the candidate that receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected by the appropriate returning officer."

But in the letter shared wit...