Nigeria, July 17 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday struck down some key provisions of the Electoral Act 2026 touching on political parties' primary elections and membership registers.

The affected parts of the Electoral Act 2026, signed into law by President Bola Tinubu in February are sections 77(5), (6) and (7) and 84(2).

The Court of Appeal's intervention comes just six months before the 2027 general elections.

Vanguard newspaper reported that a three-member bench led by Balkisu Aliyu gave the unanimous decision on Thursday, holding that the disputed sections of the Electoral Act conflicted with sections 221 and 222 of the Nigerian constitution.

According to the court, the Electoral Act provisions were inconsistent with s...