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MUKHTAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The case for the petitioner/appellant in the National Assembly Election Tribunal of Abia State were as follows: The petitioner was a candidate under the platform of the Social Democratic Party at the Aba Central Senatorial District Election held on 4/7/92, whilst the 1st respondent was a candidate of the National Republican Convention in same.
The 2nd - 7th respondents were officials involved in the election exercise.
The 1st respondent won by a slim majority of 1530 votes, his total votes being 63,808, and that of the petitioner 62,278.
The figures were arrived at after a reconstruction or recollection of the Arochukwu Local Government Area results four days after the election following allegation of rigging in the wards. The 2nd respondent constituted a committee for the purpose of the above, for which a report was written, but the recommendation for another election in that Local Government in that report was rejected, as the resu…