PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY V. STATE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION

FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This Appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Sokoto State in Suit No. SS/OS/01/2016 in which the Court delivered its judgment on the 30-3-2016, striking out the suit of the Appellant on grounds that it disclosed no reasonable cause of action. See pages 108-109 of the records. The Appellants suit at the Court below had been a fall out of the Appellants dissatisfaction with the manner in which the Respondent had organized and conducted the Local Government Council Elections in Sokoto State on the 12-3-2016.

The Appellant as Plaintiff at the Court below filed his Originating Summons on the 24-2-2016 brought pursuant to Order 3 Rules 5 and 8 (1) of the Sokoto State High Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2015 against the Respondent as Defendant. See pages 1-46 of the records.

The questions and/or the issues earmarked for the Courts determination on account of the Originating Summons are as follows:

1. Whether the Defendant…