(DELIVERED BY CHIDI NWAOMA UWA, JCA) The appeal is against the judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Yola, Adamawa State (hereafter referred to as the Tribunal) delivered on the 23rd day of September, 2019 in which the Tribunal held that the Appellants did not prove any of their grounds contained in the petition and dismissed the petition. Dissatisfied with the said decision, the appellants appealed against same vide their Notice of Appeal dated 4/10/19 filed on 5/10/19. The background facts on the part of the appellant are that on 9th March, 2019, the 3rd Respondent (INEC) conducted the election for the seat of member, representing Lamunde Constituency in Adamawa State House of Assembly.
At the conclusion of the election, the Electoral Officer for the Local Government nullified elections in five polling units and declared the election inconclusive. On 12th March, 2019, the National Headquarters of the 3rd Respondent issued a direc…