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CLARA BATA OGUNBIYI, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant commenced his petition before the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo, Osun State by way of petition filed on the 21st day of May, 2007. The appellant who contested for Irepodun/Olorunda/Osogbo/Orolu Federal Constituency seat in the Federal House of Representative on the platform of the Action Congress challenged the declaration of the 1st respondent as the winner of the said election on the ground inter alia that the said election into 15 wards in the said Federal Constituency was vitiated by substantial non-compliance with the mandatory statutory requirements of both the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act, 2006 which substantially affected the results.
The appellant alleged wide spread acts of thuggery perpetrated by thugs of the 1st respondent, disruption of voting exercise by the said thugs in connivance with the law enforcement officers detailed …