KUDIRAT MOTONMORI OLATOKUNBO KEKERE-EKUN, J.C.A (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is a consolidated appeal against the judgment of the National Assembly Election Tribunal, Ogun State sitting at Abeokuta delivered on 17th April 2008 and against four interlocutory rulings delivered by the said Tribunal on 12/12/07, 14/1/08, 16/1/08,and 6/3/08.
Elections were held into the Ogun East Senatorial District of Ogun State on 28th April 2007. The 1st appellant herein contested the election on the platform of the 2nd appellant, the Action Congress (AC), while the 1st respondent contested on the platform of the 2nd Respondent, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). At the conclusion of the election the 3rd respondent returned the 1st respondent as the winner having scored 293, 551 votes. The appellant came second with 14, 519 votes. Being dissatisfied with the outcome of the election, the appellants filed a petition before the National Assembly Election Tribunal sitting at Abeokuta (hereinafte…