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GARBA ADO & ANOR V. A. A. SULE LOKON MEKARA & ORS

(2008) JELR 46918 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CA/K/EP/NA/14/07  •  31 Mar 2008  •  Nigeria

Coram
BABA ALKALI BA'ABA JCA; AMIRU SANUSI JCA; JOHN INYANG OKORO JCA;

Judgement

BABA ALKALI BA'ABA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The 1st appellant, Garba Ado, was sponsored as a candidate by his party, the Democratic Peoples' Party (DPP), the 2nd appellant, for the National Assembly Election, the Federal House of Representatives for the Gwale Federal Constituency, Kano State, conducted by the 3rd - 6th respondents on Saturday, the 21st day of April, 2007. At the conclusion of the said election, the 3rd - 6th respondents, declared and returned the 1st respondent as the successful candidate, the winner of the said election.

Aggrieved with the declaration and return of the 1st respondent, the 1st and 2nd appellants filed a petition No. EPT/KNS/HR/26/07 dated and filed on 19/5/07, containing eleven paragraphs contained at pages 2 - 8 of the record.

The main complaint of the appellants in their joint petition is that the 1st appellant/petitioner was validly nominated by the 2nd petitioner/appellant but was unlawfully excluded from the election. That the e…

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