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ABUBAKAR SADIQ UMAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Benin delivered on 29th March, 2021, coram: Yunusa Musa J. (Chairman), S. Y. Abubakar J. (Member I) and O. O. Stanley J. (Member II) wherein judgment was entered against the 1st and 2nd Respondents who were Petitioners at the Tribunal and in favour of the 4th and 5th Respondents.
The 1st Respondent sponsored the 2nd Respondent in the said election. The 4th Respondent sponsored the 5th Respondent, while the Appellant herein sponsored the 6th Respondent. The 3rd Respondent conducted the election, declared and returned the 5th Respondent as the winner of the Governorship Election held in Edo State on 19/9/2020.
Miffed by the declaration and return of the 5th Respondent as the Governor of Edo State, the 1st and 2nd Respondent as Petitioners filed an Election Petition dated 5th October, 2020, challenging the aforesaid return of the 5t…