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USMAN & ANOR V. LABOUR PARTY & ANOR

(2025) JELR 114535 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  SC.CV/56/2025  •  4 Apr 2025  •  Nigeria

Coram
John Inyang Okoro, JSC, Helen Moronkeji Ogunwumiju, JSC, Tijjani Abubakar, JSC, Haruna Simon Tsammani, JSC, Mohammed Baba Idris, JSC,

Appearances
P.I.N IKWUETO, SAN, R. A. LAWAL-RABANA, SAN, PRISCA UDOKA, SAN, with them, NKEMAKOLAM OKORO, ESQ. CHIOMA ONYENUCHEYA-UKO, (MRS.), CELESTINE EZEOKEKE, ESQ. and COLLINS OJAY, ESQ. For Appellants P. I. OYEWOLE, ESQ. with him, KEHINDE EDUN, ESQ. O. V. AKOWEI, ESQ. and V. A. DIBIAH for 1st Respondent. I. G. WARU, ESQ. for 2nd Respondent.

Judgement

JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, holden at Abuja in Appeal No. CA/ABJ/CV/1217/2024 delivered on 17th January, 2025 against the judgment of the Federal High Court in Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/1271/2024 commenced by the 1st Respondent at the trial Court wherein the suit at the trial Court was struck out for want of jurisdiction.

A summary of the facts leading to this appeal, as deducible from the record of appeal are that preparatory to the conduct of the gubernatorial elections in Ondo State which held on 16th November, 2024, the 2nd Respondent issued a “Notice of Refresher Training for upload of Political Party Agents for Ondo State Governorship Election" to the National Chairman of all the political parties in the contest except the 1st Respondent. The said notices were issued on 16th August, 2024 while the training subsequent to the notices was conducted on 20th August, 2024 at the National Headquarters…

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