OLUWAROTIMI O. AKEREDOLU, ESQ, SAN V. DR. RAHMAN OLUSEGUN MIMIKO LABOUR PARTY (LP) INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC)
(2013) JELR 56360 (SC)
Supreme Court
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SC. 352/2013
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29 Aug 2013
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Nigeria
Coram
WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN JSC (Presided) IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD JSC CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL CHUKWUMA-ENEH JSC JOHN AFOLABI FABIYI JSC NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA JSC (Read the Lead Judgment) MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI JSC STANLEY SHENKO ALAGOA JSC
Appearances
S. A. Orkumah, Esq. (with him, Wole Aina, Michael F. Lana; Folashade Aladeniyi (Mrs); Benson Aderosin; Olujinmi Olumide; Olujinmi Akinyemi; Sodeinde Taiwo; Victor Olatoyegun; Charles Titiloye; Bola Alabi;Akinola Fasanmi;Adegbemile H. Kayode; Bode Famakin; Ifeanyi Egwuasi; Bada M. Matthew; Dare Oketade; KayodeAdegbola; Balogun Omoyemi; Adaeze Ogunchienti (Mrs.) and Nnaemeka Nwankwo) - for the Appellant/Cross-Respondent. Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN (with him, I. A. Adedipe, SAN; Adebayo Adenipekun, SAN; AbayomiAkinmode; KayodeAjulo; O. Adeyemi; Kunle Iyalana, Dr. Dapo Olanipekun;Bode Olanipekun; Olumide Ogunje; Kehinde Ogunwumiju; B. Adeloju; Ademola Adesina;Adebayo Adesina;Ademola Abimbola;Thompson Akinyemi;
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P. C. Ezegamba; I. Wakama Vessessa Onyemauwa and Ibiso E. Briggs) - for the 1st Respondent/Cross-Appellant.
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Yusuf Ali, SAN (with him, A. O. Adelodun, SAN; Prof. Wahab Egbewole; K. K. Eleja;A. O. Abdulkadir; S. O. Akangbe (Mrs.); S.
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A. Abdullahi; Taofiq Alubarika; T. E. Akintunde (Mrs); C. O. Mbam;
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E. I. Umunnakwe and T. U. Ekomaru) - for the 2nd Respondent/ Cross-Appellant.
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Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN (with him, Abdul Mohammad; Wale Balogun; Sandy Tadaferua (Mrs.) and Eyitayo Fatogun) - for the
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3rd Respondent/Cross-Appellant.
Judgement
NGWUTA, JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): On 20 October 2012, the 3rd respondent herein Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), conducted election for the office of the Governor of Ondo State. On the day of the election, the appellant flew the flag of the Action Congress of Nigeria, a registered political party.
The 1st respondent was the candidate of the 2nd respondent, the Labour Party LP, also a registered political party, at the election. The 3rd respondent, INEC is the nation’s electoral umpire. Candidates of other registered political parties, including the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), contested the election with the appellant and the 1st respondent. At the close of the election, the following results were recorded and announced by the 3rd respondent:
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, ACN - 143,512 votes
Chief Alex Olusola Oke, PDP - 155,196 votes
Dr. Rahman Mimiko, LP - 260,199 votes
In the light of the above scores, the 1st respondent, Rahman Mimiko of the Labour Party…
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