Section 86: Court proceedings not to prejudice conduct of elections, etc.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 or any other law, no interim or interlocutory order or ruling, judgment or decision made by any court or tribunal before or after the commencement of this Act, in respect of any intra-party or inter-party dispute or any other matter before it, shall affect the date or time of the holding of any election, or the performance by the Independent National Electoral Commission of any of its functions under this Act.
(2)
Subject to subsection (1) of this section and sections 34, 35 and 36 of this Act, the court or tribunal, as the case may be, may continue with any proceeding before it after such election and make any decision as it may deem fit but where the court or tribunal finds that a candidate nominated or elected was not duly nominated or elected, the court or tribunal shall order a bye-election.