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HASHIDU & ANOR
V.
GOJE & ORS

(2003) JELR 44919 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Jul 2003 Nigeria
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- The case is an appeal against the judgment of the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal Gombe State, delivered on the 9th of June, 2003. - The appellants, the executive governor of Gombe State and the All Nigeria Peoples

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Suit Number:CA/J/139/2003
Judges:SUNDAY AKINOLA AKINTAN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria SIMEON OSUJI EKPE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JOHN AFOLABI FABIYI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ABUBAKAR ABDULKADIR JEGA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ABUBAKAR ABDULKADIR JEGA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:J.B. Daudu, SAN (with him, Aliyu Umar, Esq., OJ. Habib, Esq.,C. Ubale, Esq. and H. Abodu, Esq.)E.C. Ukala, SAN (with him, J.M. Lidans, Esq., M.S. Rilama, Esq., L.C. Okorie, Esq. and R. Attah, Esq.) for the 2nd Appellant For Appellant Olajide Ayodele, SAN (with him, Z.M. Umar, Esq., D.M.Mangaji, Esq. and A. Duro, Esq.) - for the 1st RespondentK.T. Turaki, SAN (with him, Jerry Owe, Esq., A. Mallami, Esq.and AT. Shehu, Esq.) - for the 2nd RespondentG. Ofodile Okafor, SAN (with him, Musa A. Umubi, Esq.,C.L.O. INEC, Gombe State and R. Ekeh, Esq.) - for the 3rd to 17th Respondents For Respondent
Other Citations:Hashidu v. Goje [2003] 15 NWLR (Pt.843)352

EKPE, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal by the petitioners against the judgment of the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal Gombe State, delivered on the 9th of June, 2003. The judgment was delivered after a full trial in which 17 witnesses testified for the petitioners and also 17 witnesses testified for the respondents in the election petition.

The 1st petitioner was the executive governor of Gombe State and a candidate for Gombe State Governorship elections held on the 19th of April, 2003, throughout this country, Nigeria. He contested the said elections on the platform of All Nigeria Peoples Party (A.N.P.P. for short). The 2nd petitioner A.N.P.P. is one of the 30 duly registered political parties in Nigeria and it nominated the 1st petitioner to contest the said governorship elections in Gombe State on the platform of A.N.P.P.

The 1st respondent to the petition was also a candidate for the said Gombe State governorship elections held on the …

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