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BODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal Enugu Division delivered on the 7th day of January, 2012 dismissing the appellants appeal and affirming the judgment of the trial Election Tribunal, Ebonyi State, which sat at Abakaliki and delivered its judgment on the 11th day of November, 2011.
The facts are these. The 1st Petitioner (1st appellant) and the 1st respondent contested the gubernatorial elections for Ebonyi State on the 26th of April, 2011. The 3rd respondent, the regulatory body that handles elections in Nigeria declared the 1st respondent the winner. The appellant as Petitioner filed a petition to challenge the result of the election on the following grounds.
1. That the Election and return of the 1st Respondent was invalid by reason of corrupt practices/non-compliance with the provisions and principles of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) and the manual for Election Officials 2011 and the Guid…