AMOZIE
V.
ODIDIWE & ORS

(2011) JELR 39987 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/E/EPT/17/2011 · 9 Sep 2011 · Nigeria

CORAM

ABUBAKAR JEGA ABDULKADIR (PJ) Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria AYOBODE OLUJIMI LOKULO-SODIPE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria SAMUEL CHUKWUDUMEBI OSEJI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

petition

1st respondent

counsel

paragraph

2nd respondent

peoples democratic party

anambra state

issue

certificate of return

election matter

list of candidates

political party

constitution of the federal republic of nigeria

issue of nomination

sole issue

supreme court

above election

ayamelum federal constituency of anambra state

briefs of argument

jurisdiction of the court

ultra vires

1st day of july

1st september

amechi v. inec

constitution of the peoples democratic party of nigeria

counsel submit

election guidelines of the peoples democratic party

election of the 1st respondent

election petition tribunal

electoral show

filing of the petition

following reliefs

honourable court

issue counsel

jurisdiction of an election tribunal

learned judges of the election petition tribunal

legislative houses election tribunal anambra state

lists of its candidates

order of the tribunal

ppa v. saraki

primary election

provisions of the relevant rules of court

respective briefs

ruling of the national assembly

said 1st respondent

ABUBAKAR JEGA ABDULKADIR, J.C.A.:(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Ruling of the National Assembly/Legislative Houses Election Tribunal Anambra State delivered on 11th July, 2011.

The facts leading to this appeal are that the Appellant as petitioner at the Tribunal below brought a petition dated 13/5/2011 at the Election Petition Tribunal sitting at Awka challenging the election of the 1st Respondent to the House of Representatives representing Oyi/Ayamelum Federal Constituency of Anambra State held on 26/4/2011 wherein he prayed the Honourable Tribunal for the following reliefs:

(a) A declaration that under S.65(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended); Section 31(1) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended); and Articles 12, 17; 12.18(b) 12.46; 12.47 and 12.37 of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria, and paragraph 50 at page 3; paragraph 51 and 52 at page 32; and paragraph 13 at page 6, all of th…

AMOZIE V. ODIDIWE & ORS

AMOZIE
V.
ODIDIWE & ORS