BICHI & ORS.
V.
SHEKARAU & ORS.

(2009) JELR 39999 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/K/EP/GOV/18/2008 · 7 Jan 2009 · Nigeria

CORAM

ZAINAB ADAMU BULKACHUWA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria OFR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ABDU ABOKI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria AHMED OLAREWAJU BELGORE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria HUSSEIN MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria UZO NDUKWE ANYANWU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

issues

lower tribunal

election

appellants

court

1st respondent

exhibits r3

cross appeal

justice of the court of appeal

local government areas

respondents

local government area

new chairman

return of the 1st respondent

adebara j

corrupt practices

grounds of appeal

chairman of the tribunal

cross-appeal

5th respondents

entire proceeding

general law

honourable tribunal

judgments of the federal high courts

legal effect

notice of cross-appeal

participation of hon. justice adamu jauro

provision of the electoral act

winner of the said election

2nd set of respondents

3rd set of respondents

addresses of counsel

briefs of argument

case of ogbunyinya

complaint of the appellants

end of the trial

following grounds

instant case jauro j

leading judgment

legislative houses election tribunal

notice of appeal

n party candidate vote

office of the governor of kano state

oju lga v. inec

provisions of the evidence act

results of the election

said judgment

tudun wada lga of kano state

underlisted issues

various parties

ZAINAB ADAMU BULKACHUWA, OFR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The election into the office of the Governor of Kano State was held in as other States of the Federation on the 14th of April 2007. The candidates who were sponsored by their various parties contested for the election at the end of which the respondents declared the results of the election on the 16/4/07 as indicated hereunder:-

S/N PARTY CANDIDATE VOTE SCORED

1. AC USMAN SULE 126,235

2. AD YAHAYA MOHAMMED KABO 5,272

3. ADC MOHAMMED MUKHTAR ALI 4,211

4. ANPP IBRAHIM SHEKARAU 671,184

5. APGA ISMAILA ZUBAIRU 3,663

6. CPP MUSTAPHA BADAMASI 1,658

7. DPP BASHIRU S. NAGASHI 19,871

8. ND HAMISU L. IYANTAMA 2,826

9. NSDP MUHAMMAD MUHAMMAD 2,429

10. PAC SHEHU MUHAMMAD DALHAT 10,429

11. PDP AHMED G. BICHI 629,868

12. NDP BALAS. KOSAWA 5,876

13. PPA KABIRU B. SHARFADI 2,325

14. PRP ALHAJI HARUNA UNGOGO 1,289

15. PSP UMAR Y. DANHASSAN 18,963

16. RPN AHMED G. RIRUWAI 1,028

and Ibrahim Shekarau of the ANPP was returned and decl…

BICHI & ORS. V. SHEKARAU & ORS.

BICHI & ORS.
V.
SHEKARAU & ORS.