FASANMI JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Rivers State High Court of Justice delivered by Hon Justice O. Daniel-Kalio on the 24 June 2011.
The appellants by their writ of summons dated 25 January 2011 and filed same date claim against the respondents jointly and severally as follows:
A declaration that the purported result and/or result sheet put forward by the defendant and their officials (the returningofficers) which is beforethe appeal panel purportedly in favour of and declaring of and/or declaring Dr. Sekonte Davies as the winner of the Bonny/Degema Federal Constituency party election is defective, null and void for non-compliance with the Electoral Act. A declaration that the 2nd defendant did not pool the majority of the votes cast in the Bonny/Degema Federal Constituency party primary election into the House of Representative on 6 A January 2011. A declaration that Mr. Ibibiama F. G. Odom, the claimant pooled (sic) the majority …