ENECHUKWU
V.
NNAMANI

ARIWOOLA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal by one of the seven (7) candidates who contested the election of 21 April 2007 into the Senate, for the Enugu East Senatorial District. The petitioner, hereinafter referred to as the appellant, who was the candidate of Accord Party (AP) in the said election had petitioned the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Petition Tribunal holden at Enugu. The appellant in his petition had challenged and questioned the election on the following grounds: that the 1st respondent was not qualified to contest the said election, that the 1st respondent wasnot duly elected by the majority of lawful and or valid votes cast at the election and that the election was fraught with irregularities. The appellant had prayed the tribunal to declare that the 1st respondent was not duly declared elected or returned as announced but to declare him, the petitioner, as validly and duly elected, being the person who scored th…