OLUWAROTIMI ODUNAYO AKEREDOLU V. DR OLUSEGUN MICHAEL ABRAHAM & ORS
(2018) JELR 39442 (SC)
Supreme Court
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SC.698/2017
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23 Mar 2018
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Nigeria
Coram
IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD JSC
OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA JSC
KUMAI BAYANG AKA'AHS JSC
JOHN INYANG OKORO JSC
PAUL ADAMU GALINJE JSC
Appearances
Chief Akin Olujinmi, SAN with him, Olumide Olujinmi, Esq., Akinsola Olujinmi, Esq., Oluwole llori, Esq. and Abayomi Abdulwahab, Esq. For Appellant
Prof. F.O Amupitan, SAN with him, K. O Ijatuyi, Esq., V.U. Opara, Esq., J. J. Usman, Esq. and O.A. Akinola, Es. for the 1st Respondent.Muritala Abdulrasheed, Esq. with him, M.D. Adebayo, Esq. and Mary-Joy Sampson, Esq. for the 2nd and 3rd Respondents.Bashir M. Abubakar, Esq. for the 4th Respondent. For Respondent
Judgement
<p><strong>JOHN INYANG OKORO, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): </strong>This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal Abuja Division, delivered on 17th July, 2017 wherein the lower Court dismissed the appeal of the Appellant against the ruling of the Federal High Court Abuja, delivered on 16th December, 2016. The Federal High Court had in its ruling dismissed the appellant's objection challenging the service of the originating summons and other processes in this case.</p><p>The salient facts giving birth to this appeal as garnered from the record of appeal are that the Appellant herein had emerged the winner of the primary election of the 2nd Respondent, conducted on the 3rd day of September, 2016 in Ondo State to elect the candidate of the 2nd Respondent for the election to the office of Governor of Ondo State slated for the 26th of November, 2016.</p><p>Dissatisfied with the outcome of the primary election, the 1st Respondent by way of an Originating Summons and its accompanying processes filed…</p>