OKORO JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal againstthe judgment of the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal sitting in Kaduna in petition No. EPT/KD/NA/ 001 delivered on 22 November 2007 wherein the tribunal dismissed the petition of the appellants. Elections into the House of Representatives of Nigeria were held throughout the Federation on 21 April 2007 including Zaria Federal Constituency. The 1st appellant was sponsored by the 2nd appellant, the All Nigeria Peoples’ Party (ANPP) in the election, while the 1st respondent contested on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). The said elections were conducted by the 2nd respondent, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with the support of the 3rd to 369th respondents. At the end of the election, the 2nd respondent declared the 1st respondent the winner of the election with 67,745 votes as against the 1st appellant’s score of 37,954 votes.
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