Section 30: Prohibition of Double Nomination.

(1) A candidate for an election shall be nominated in writing by such number of persons whose names appear on the register of voters in the constituency as the Commission may prescribe.
(2) A person shall not nominate more than one person for an election to the same office.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not more than N100,000 or imprisonment for a term of three months or both, but his or her action shall not invalidate the nomination.
(4) An account shall not be taken of the signature of a person on a nomination paper where the candidate had died, withdrawn or the nomination paper was held invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction.
(5) A person who has subscribed as a nominator shall not, so long as the candidate stands nominated withdraw his or her nomination.