TAJUDEEN OLABISI ABIOYE V. HON. TIJJANI KAYODE ISMAIL & ORS

AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant and first Respondent were among the Aspirants that contested the Primaries conducted by the second Respondent for the Ifelodun/Offa/Oyun Federal Constituency on 27/5/2022, which was monitored by third Respondent. In its Report, the third Respondent listed the nine Contestants, and stated thus: 

Winner emerged immediately after the counting. Hon. Tijani Kayode Ismail won having scored the highest total number of 87 votes. 

While waiting for his nomination as the candidate of the Party, first Respondent heard about the moves being made to disregard the outcome of the Primaries and sponsor the Appellant, who scored 52 votes, as the candidate of the Party. 

His solicitors wrote a letter dated 31/5/2022 and titled Notice of Rejection of Planned Rerun Primaries to the Party's National Chairman, part of it reads:

It is our client's position that he emerged a clear winner in the Primaries and a rerun Primary Election is …