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REV. BUNMI OLUSONA V. MR. AKEEM AYEDUN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC)

(2011) JELR 53605 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  EPT/CA/IL/HR/10/2011  •  14 Dec 2011  •  Nigeria

Coram
TIJJANI ABDULLAHI JCA (Presided and Read the Lead Judgment) IGNATIUS IGWE AGUBE JCA ITA GEORGE MBABA JCA

Appearances
Babatunde Irukera, Esq. (with him are Bashiru A. Ramoni Esq. and lyiola Oyedepo) - for the Appellant. -*- B. R. Gold, Esq. - for the 1st Respondent -*- Sunny OlorunmolaAke, Esq. (with him are Chris Ubogu, Esq, Sunday -*- Martins, Esq, Salako Tunde, Esq. and Otemuyiwa Boluwatife, Esq.) -*- - for the 2nd Respondent.

Judgement

ABDULLAHI JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): On 14 December 2011, when we delivered our judgment dismissing the appeal and upholding thepreliminary objectionsraised by the respondents, we reserved our reasons for doing so to a later date. We now give our reasons for so doing as stated hereunder.

The appellant, Reverend Bunmi Olusona was the petitioner at the National Assembly Election Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the Election

Tribunal) holding at Ilorin, coram: Bitrus G. Sanga (J) Chairman, John Awa Viko (J), Member and Stephen Evon Chukwu (J) Member having been dissatisfied with the outcome of 26 April 2011, elections in which he was a candidate for Federal House of Representatives for Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/ Oke-Ero Federal Constituency of Kwara State under the platform of Action

Congress of Nigeria (ACN) conducted by 2nd respondent, approached the said tribunal herein and filed a petition wherein he averred as follows:

Whereof your petitioners pray as follows:

That it may be det…

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