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Judicial review of the impeachment procedure in Nigeria

Nigeria has a presidential system of government with the President and the Vice-President heading the government at the Federal level while Governors and Deputy Governors head their respective States Governments. The 1999 Nigerian Constitution provides that no civil or criminal proceedings may be brought against these chief executives while in office. The only constitutional means through which these executive office holders can be checked, where they are found guilty of gross misconduct, is impeachment. Under the Constitution, the exercise of the power of impeachment is vested in the legislat…