BA’ABA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal holden at Dutse, Jigawa State of Nigeria, delivered on 6 September 2007. On 21April 2007, elections were conducted throughout the country for the National Assembly including that of Auyo, Kafin Hausa and Hadejia constituency where the 2nd appellant sponsored by the 1st appellant contested the said election, while the 1st respondent also contested the saidelection on the platform of his party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) along with others. At the close of the said election, the 1st respondent who scored the highest number of lawful votes was declared and returned the winner of the said election.
The appellants were unhappy with the 1st respondent’s declaration and return, as a result, they filed a joint petition dated and filed on 22 May 2007 containing 21 paragraphs at pages 1 - 33 of the record in which they claimed among other things as follo…