HON. MULIKAT AKANDE-ADEOLA & ANOR V. HON. OGUNWUYI EBENEZER SEGUN & ORS

MONICA BOLNA'??AN DONGBAN-MENSEM J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellant took out this appeal to challenge the decision of the Oyo State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal which on the 1st of July 2015 dismissed the petition of the Appellant.The reason for the decision is that the Appellants had failed to comply with the mandatory provisions of the 1st Schedule of the Electoral Act 2010 (as Amended). The Appellants are aggrieved and charge that the learned members of the Tribunal erroneously followed the decisions in Okechukwu v. INEC and Ors (2014) 9 SCNJ 47 @ 78 and Omisore v. Aregbesola SC 204/2015 which are totally distinguishable and inapplicable to the facts and circumstances of the petition.

The facts which led to this appeal are as follows: On the 28th of March 2015, elections were held into the Ogbomoso North, South and Orire Federal Constituency into the Federal House of Representatives. The 1st Appellant and the 1st Respondent were candid…