BALONWU
V.
EMORDI & ORS

(2009) JELR 39736 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/E/EPT/73/2008 · 10 Feb 2009 · Nigeria

CORAM

VICTOR A. O. OMAGE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria OFR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MOHAMMED LADAN TSAMIYA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

election

appellant

court

presiding officer

1st respondent

issues

presiding officers

election of the 1st respondent

anambra north senatorial district

electoral materials

j.c.a

provisions of the electoral act

video tapes

cross examination

petition of the appellant

anambra state

list of witnesses

provision of the electoral act

result sheet

voters registers

appeal take issue

bare testimony

correct result sheet

decision of the tribunal

deposition of witnesses

direct response

evidence of dw

evidence of pw

exhibits ppp

following issues

governorship legislative houses of assembly election petition tribunal

leading judgment

petition no. ept

petition of hon. jessie balonwu

petition of the petitioner

platform of the labour party

presiding office ought

preview of the lead judgment

probative value

proof of the allegation

purported return of the 1st respondent

return of the 1st respondent

sunday okafor pw

supervisory presiding officer

winner of the said election

witnesses fail

VICTOR A. O. OMAGE, J.C.A, (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the panel, which sat on the Governorship Legislative Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, at Awka, Anambra State in Petition No. EPT/AN/NAE/SE/9/2007 on the Petition of Hon. Jessie Balonwu against Senator Joy Emordi and Others. The judgment was delivered on 17th June, 2008 Coram J.S Abiriyi and four others Judges on 14th June, 2008. The Tribunal dismissed the petition of the Petitioner, for election to the seat of Senator to the Senate on the Anambra North Senatorial District.

The petitioner was dissatisfied with the decision of the Tribunal and she has appealed to this Court. The petitioner deposed that the election was scheduled to take place on 21/4/2007, but did not hold, and the election was consequently purported to hold on 28 April, 2007.

The Petitioner contested the election on the platform of the Labour Party while the 1st Respondent contested on the platform of …

BALONWU V. EMORDI & ORS

BALONWU
V.
EMORDI & ORS