ABUBAKAR & ORS
V.
ZURMI & ANOR
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IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the end of the Nationwide conducted elections into Local Government Area Councils of 15th day of March, 1997, the National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON) declared the 1st and 2nd Petitioners, who contested the election on the platform of the 3rd Petitioner, as the duly elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Zurmi Local Government Council of Zamfara state.
The 1st and 2nd Petitioners were declared by NECON as the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of Zurmi Local Government Council of Zamfara State. The respondents were dissatisfied with the result and they Petitioned the Zamfara state Local Government Election Tribunal. At the end of hearing, the Election Tribunal nullified the election at Gotawa B8 polling Unit for irregularities. The Election Tribunal then declared the respondents as duly elected on the majority of lawful votes.
Aggrieved by that decision, the Petitioners appealed to the Zamfara state Election Appeal…