PAUL ADAMU GALINJE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the decision of the Abia State Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal (henceforth to be referred to as the Tribunal) which was delivered on the 6th of October, 2007.
On the 14th day of April, 2007, Gubernatorial Elections were held in all the 36 States of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Appellant herein was a candidate sponsored by the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) in that election in Abia State. The 1st and 2nd Respondents were also candidates in the said election, under the platform of Progressive Peoples Alliance. They contested for the position of Governor and Deputy Governor respectively.
At the conclusion of the election, the 1st and 2nd Respondents were declared duly elected as Governor and Deputy Governor of Abia State by INEC, the 21st Respondent herein, filed a petition at the Tribunal in which he challenged t…