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IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The instant appeal is fallout of the ruling of the National and State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal Bauchi State, which was delivered on June 23, 2011. By the ruling in question, the lower Tribunal dismissed the Appellant's application, filed on June 15, 2011, seeking to dismiss the 1st and 2nd Respondents' petition for lack of competence. Not unnaturally, the Appellant was dissatisfied with the decision of the lower Tribunal. Thus, he filed a notice of appeal in the registry of the lower Tribunal on July 4, 2011, which is predicated upon a total of seven ground of appeal.
FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES GIVING RISE TO THE APPEAL:
The facts and circumstances leading to the instant appeal are discernible from the entirety of the records of appeal itself, which was evidently transmitted to this Count on July 15, 2011. It is evident from the record, that the 1st and 2nd Respondents' petition was dated and filed in the…