TIJANI ABDULLAHI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Governorship/Legislative Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Port Harcourt, Rivers State in the petition No. EPT/NA/14/2007 delivered on the 23rd day of April, 2008. Elections were conducted on 28/04/2007 for the seat of the Senate and House of the Representatives throughout the country.
In Rivers State, the petitioner (herein after referred) to as the Appellant was the candidate of All Nigeria Peoples in the said election and scored 26,579. The 1st Respondent Hon. George Sekibo who was declared the winner with 415,159 votes was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Five other persons from different political parties who did not contest the declaration of the 1st Respondent also participated as candidates in the said election.
Dissatisfied with the return of the 1st Respondent by the 2nd to 4th Respondents, the Appellant herein approached the Election Pet…