MAMMOUD ILLU & ANOR V. GARBA ATTAHIRU & ORS

IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the end of the Local Government Election of 15th March, 1991, 1st and 4th respondents were returned as Chairman and Vice-Chairman respectively of the Kaduna South Local Government Council. They contested on the platform of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (D.P.N.) the 2nd respondent. The 1st petitioner contested for the Chairmanship of the same Local Government Council under the banner of the United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), the 2nd petitioner. He lost to the 1st respondent. Dissatisfied with the Election results, 1st and 2nd petitioners filed their petition before the Election Tribunal for Kaduna. After hearing the parties the Election Tribunal dismissed the petition and confirmed the election of the 1st and 4th respondents. Dissatisfied further the petitioners appealed to the Kaduna state Election Appeal Tribunal. The Appeal Tribunal affirmed the decision of the Election Tribunal. Aggrieved again the petitioners…