MOJEED ADEKUNLE OWOADE, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment):This is a consolidated appeal arising from the judgment of Onuoha A. K. Ogwe .J. delivered on 20th April, 2009 in Suit No. HOS/137/2008 at Umuahia in the Umuahia Judicial Division of the High Court of Abia State.
Deacon Chijioke Onyeabor, the respondent in Appeal No. CA/PH/39/2009 and the 1st set of respondent in CA/OW/112/2010 was the Chairmanship candidate for the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in the Local Government Chairmanship and councillorship Election for Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State. While the local Government Elections were successfully held in 16 out of the 17 Local Government Areas of Abia State, the Election in Isuikwuato Local Government was cancelled by the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC) and her officials on account of disruption and violence. ABSIEC and her officials are the appellants in Appeal No. CA/PH/39/2009 and the 2nd set of respondents in CA/OW/112/2010.…