PAUL ADAMU GALUMJE, JSC (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): The appeal herein is against the decision or judgment of the Coun of Appeal, Sokoto Division, delivered on the 25th of March, 2019, (Coram Tom Shaibu Yakubu, Tijani Abubakar and Jamilu Yammama Tukur JJCA).
The 1st Appellant, All Progressive Congress (APC) is a Political Party registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the 179th Respondent in this appeal, while the 2nd Respondent is the 1st National Chairman of the North-West Zone of the 1st Appellant. All the Respondents, except the 179th Respondent are members of the 1st Appellant.
As part of its preparation towards the conduct of 2019 general elections, INEC prepared a time table in which it set out schedule of activities leading to the general elections. One of the activities was a directive to all the political parties to conduct their primary elections and submit the names of their candidates for the general elections to it between 18th August and…