ELFRIEDA OLUWAYEMISI WILLIAMS-DAWODU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal emanated from the judgment of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which held in Jos, delivered on September 1st 2023, by Hon. Justice William R. Olamide (Chairman), Hon. Justice Emmanuel Nwazunku Nwibo (Member 1) and Hon. Justice Mohammed Mohammed (Member 2), wherein the Petition of the Appellants, the Petitioners at the Tribunal was dismissed as lacking merit.
The Appellants aggrieved by the decision have come to this Court with their Notice and Eleven Grounds of Appeal filed on September 14th 2023 and seek the following reliefs:
i) AN ORDER of this Court allowing this Appeal and setting aside the Judgment of the trial Tribunal, dated the 1st day of September, 2023.
ii) An Order that the 2nd Respondent having not been sponsored by the 3rd Respondent or any Political Party, is not qualified to contest the election of 25th February, 2023, for the MIKANG, QUA'AN PAN & S…