DR. BRIGHT ENABULELE & ACCORD PARTY V. OKPEBHOLO MONDAY, ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS (APC) & INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC)

UWABUNKEONYE ONWOSI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Edo State Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja delivered on the 2nd day of April, 2025 in the petition No: EPT/ED/GOV/01/2024, wherein the Tribunal as presided over by Hon. Justice W.I. Kpochi (Chairman), Hon. Justice K. B. Yusuf (Member 1) and Hon. Justice A. Adewole (Member 2), dismissed the Appellants’ petition as lacking in merit and affirmed the election and return of the 1st Respondent to the office of the Governor of Edo State.

Being dissatisfied with the said judgment, the Appellants appealed against same by a Notice of Appeal filed on 21/04/2024, containing 6 grounds of appeal.

BRIEF FACTS OF THE PETITION

On 21st of September, 2024, the Edo State Governorship Election was conducted by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the 3rd Respondent herein, being the body with the constitutional responsibility to conduct election in Nigeria. The 1st Appellant…