YAKUBU ABDULHAMID KWARRA V. LAGI INNOCENT LABOUR PARTY THE RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER NASARAWA STATE THE ELECTORAL OF FICER WAMBA LGA RETURNING OFFICER WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF NASARAWA STATE WARD COLLATION OFFICER, MANGER WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE PRESIDING OFFICER MASSENGE PRIMARY SCHOOL POLLING UNIT MANGER WARD LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE PRESIDING OFFICER PRESIDING OFFICER JINIBOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE PRESIDING OFFICER CHESSU POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TURKWAN MISSION WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER YASHI PRIMARY SCHOOL YASHI WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TURKWAN KANJA WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TURKWAN KANJA WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE WARD COLLATION OF FICER, ARUM WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER ARUMATUMARA S.D.A. TRANS SCIENCE POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER ARUM SARKI PRIMARYSCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER ARUM CHUHBU PRIMARYSCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OF FICER ARUM KADO PRIMARYSCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER ARUM TUMARA POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE WARD COLLATION OFFICER, KWARRA WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER KWARRA PRIMARYSCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAMA PRIMARY SCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER MARHAI POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER MARHAI/KANJE POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER MUGGU PRIMARY SCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER UKOLLO PRIMARYSCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE COLLATION OF FICER JIMYA WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER JIMYA POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER AMBAKA POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE WARD COLLATION OFFICER WAMBA EAST WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICE GSS WAMBA POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER WAJA POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE WARD COLLATION OFFICER, KONVAH WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER, KONVAH PRIMARYSCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER UGURE PRIMARY SCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER LAGO POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER KOSE PRIMARY SCHOOL UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE COLLATION OFFICER NAKERE WARD WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER RAGA POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER GBUDE OPEN SQUARE POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE THE PRESIDING OFFICER RAGA PRIMARY SCHOOL POLLING UNIT WAMBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE

OMOLEYE JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal againstthe judgment of the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal holden at Lafia, Nasarawa State delivered on 21 August 2007.

The brief background facts of this matter are that, in the 14 April 2007 general election, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) sponsored the appellant, while the Labour Party (LP) sponsored the 1st respondent, as candidates for the election into the Nasarawa State House of Assembly to represent the Wamba Constituency. After the election, the appellant was alleged to have scored the highest number of votes, that is, 10,298 and declared the winner. The 1st respondent and his party, Labour Party, the 2nd respondent in this appeal were dissatisfied with the outcome of ,the election. They therefore as petitioners filed a petition on 10 May 2007 to challenge the declaration and return made by INEC officials for Wamba Constituency. The petition was predicated on three grou…