BABA ALKALI BA'ABA, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On the 14th day of April, 2007, general election was held throughout the country into the various States Legislative House.
The 1st appellant who was the respondent before the Tribunal contested the election into the Kaduna State House of Assembly seat for Maigana Constituency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the 2nd appellant/respondent. The 1st respondent who was the petitioner before the Tribunal also contested the election under the platform of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), the 2nd respondent/petitioner.
At the end of the said election the 1st appellant was declared the winner having scored 22,844 votes as against 20,350 votes scored by the 1st respondent. The 1st and 2nd respondents being dissatisfied filed a petition before the Kaduna State Election Tribunal, dated the 11th day of May, 2007 filed on 14th day of May, 2007 containing ten paragraphs at pages 1 - 10 of the record and claimed a…