By Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA—APPARENTLY disturbed by the confusion and uncertainties arising from legislative loopholes in the nation’s electoral system, the House of Representatives, yesterday, moved to amend the Electoral Act, 2015, with a view to offering more legal protection to deputy governorship candidates.

The lawmakers also consolidated six different bills of related headings which, if passed into law, would empower a running mate in election to assume the position of his/her principal in the event that the principal loses his/her life in the process of election before the results are announced, as it was the case in Kogi State.