ELFRIEDA OLUWAYEMISI WILLIAMS-DAWODU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement): This appeal is against the Judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal delivered on September 11th 2023 by Hon. Justice B. M. Tukur (Chairman) wherein the Petition of the pt and 2nd Respondents was granted upon the finding of the Tribunal which nullified the return of the Appellant (the 2nd Respondent at the TribunaI) as the winner and in his place declared the 1st Respondent the winner of the Election of February 25th 2023.
Briefly, the facts that culminated into this appeal are that the Appellant, the 1st Respondent and other contestants participated in the Election of February 25th 2023 which was conducted by the 3rd Respondent for the office of Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for the Plateau South Senatorial District. The Appellant was declared and returned winner after the Election, a result which was unacceptable to the pt Respondent who therefore filed a Petition …