HAJIYA RABI MOUKHTAR MOHAMMED & ANOR. V. ALHAJI MOHAMMED A. BELLO & ORS.

BABA ALKALI BA'ABA, JCA, (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The 1st appellant, Hajiya Rabi Moukhtar Mohammed was a candidate in the National Assembly election conducted on the 21st day of April, 2007, sponsored by the 2nd appellant, the Peoples Democratic Party (P.D.P.) while the 1st respondent, Alhaji Mohammed A. Bello, was also a candidate sponsored by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (A.N.P.P.) for the said election, along with other candidates sponsored by other political parties.

At the conclusion of the said election, the 1st respondent, who scored a total number of 542,447 votes in the election for the Kano Central Senatorial District was returned and declared the winner of the said election by the 3rd - 19th respondents.

Unhappy with the return and declaration of the 1st respondent, the 1st and 2nd appellants by their joint petition dated and filed on the 21st day of May, 2007, challenged the return and declaration of the 1st respondent before the Governorship and Legislative H…