MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the ruling of the National Assembly Election Tribunal holden at Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, hereinafter referred to as the election tribunal. The said ruling was delivered on 28th June, 2011 wherein the election tribunal struck out the petition filed by the appellants on the ground inter alia that the 1st appellant was not a candidate at the election held on 9th April, 2011 and so lacked the requisite locus standi to present the petition.
Both appellants herein, were the petitioners before the election tribunal. Briefly put, the relevant facts of the case as gleaned from the record of appeal are as follows. It was pleaded in the petition that the 1st appellant, Dr. Michael Enyong was nominated and sponsored as a candidate by the 2nd appellant, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 9th April, 2011 general elections into the office/membership of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic o…