ABUBAKAR SADIQUE BABA & ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION, MOHAMMED BALA ABUBAKAR & PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY
(2024) JELR 112372 (SC)
Supreme Court
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SC/CV/1189/2023
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12 Jan 2024
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Nigeria
Coram
JOHN INYANG OKORO, JSC
UWANI MUSA ABBA AJI, JSC
IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, JSC
ADAMU JAURO, JSC
EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, JSC
Appearances
Omosanya A. Popoola Esq. for Appellants.
H. K. Raje (Mrs) for the 1st Respondent.
Chief Chris Uche, SAN for the 2nd Respondent.
L. A Haruna Esq. for the 3rd Respondent.
Judgement
<p style="text-align: justify"><strong>IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): </strong>The instant appeal is a fall-out of the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Jos Judicial Division, delivered on November 17, 2023 in appeal No. CA/J/EPT/BA/GOV/48/2023. By the judgment in question, the Court below coram: Uwa, Danjuma and Hassan, JJCA, dismissed the Appellants' appeal and affirmed the judgment of the trial Governorship Election Tribunal holden at Bauchi, delivered on September 20, 2023 in petition No. EPT/BA/GOV/02/2023. </p><p style="text-align: justify"><strong>BACKGROUND FACTS</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify">It is trite, that on March 18, 2023, governorship elections were held nationwide by the 1st Respondent. Most particularly, in Bauchi State, the Appellant had participated in the said election under the platform of the 2nd Appellant. The 2nd Respondent equally had the privilege of contesting the election under the platform of the 3rd Respondent. At the end of the election, the 2nd Respondent was declared and returned by the 1st Respondent as the winner with the accredi…</p>