FEMI IKUOMOLA V. ALHAJI GANIYU ALANI IGE & ORS.

KOLAWOLE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On 14 December, 1991, the Governorship and Legislative Houses of Assembly Election was conducted in Nigeria. In Lagos State, Mr Femi Ikuomola was a candidate for the House of Assembly on the platform of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) at the Alimosho II constituency. Alhaji Ganiyu Alani Ige was also a candidate for the same constituency. He was sponsored on the platform of the National Republican Convention (NRC).

The election in the constituency was conducted by the National Electoral Commission, the second Respondent. The first Respondent was returned as having been duly elected as a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly with 5,766 votes as against 4,315 votes scored by the Appellant Femi Ikuomola. The Petitioner, Femi Ikuomola not being satisfied with the result of the election presented an Election petition against the Respondents at the Governorship and Legislative House of Assembly Election Tribunal in respect of the el…