ALHASSAN UBA IDRIS & ANOR V. DR. AHMED MOH'D SALIK & ORS

ABUBAKAR ABDULKADIR JEGA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the National Assembly Election Tribunal Kano State delivered on the 28th day of February 2008 which dismissed the petition of the Appellants challenging the declaration and return of the 1st Respondent as the elected candidate for Dala Federal Constituency.

The facts of this appeal as can be gathered from the Record of Appeal and the briefs of argument filed by the parties are stated thus:-

The 1st Appellant and the 1st Respondent are members of the same party i.e. ANPP, the 2nd Appellant. The 2nd Appellant fielded the 1st Appellant for the 21st day of April 2007 election to the Dala Federal Constituency of the Federal House of Representatives. The 1st Appellant as the 2nd Appellant's candidate won the election with 51,603 votes, the 3rd Respondent Tijjani Abdu Chinade (the INEC Returning officer for the election) stated that after collation and entering the name of the 1st Ap…