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HON. (DR) YUSUF DATTI BABA - AHMED & ANOR V. JIBRIL ADAMU & ORS.

(2008) JELR 49469 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CA/K/EP/NA/63/07  •  14 Jul 2008  •  Nigeria

Coram
ABUBAKAR A. JEGA JCA; JOHN INYANG OKORO JCA; MASSOUD A. OREDOLA JCA;

Appearances
Abdulhamid Mohammed Esq. For Appellant Yahaya Mahmood Esq. with Abbas MassanawaH. M. Liman Esq. with M. B. Usman, Esq. For Respondent

Judgement
<p>JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal sitting in Kaduna in petition No. EPT/KD/NA/001 delivered on 22nd November, 2007 wherein the Tribunal dismissed the petition of the Appellants. - Elections into the House of Representatives of Nigeria were held throughout the Federation on the 21st of April, 2007 including Zaria Federal Constituency. The 1st Appellant was sponsored by the 2nd Appellant, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in the election while the 1st Respondent contested on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The said elections were conducted by the 2nd Respondent, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with the support of the 3rd to 369th Respondents. At the end of the election, the 2nd Respondent declared the 1st Respondent the winner of the election with 67, 745 votes as against the 1st appellant&#x27;s score of …</p>

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