HON. JUDE UCHENNA OBIEKWE
V.
PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) & 3 ORS.

EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgement): A primary election of the 1st respondent's candidate for the general election of member House of Representatives for Mushin Federal Constituency II was alleged to have held on 22-5-2022 and was allegedly won by the appellant.  It was cancelled by the 1st respondent for reasons that the appellant and 1st and 4th respondents do not agree on. However, they all accepted the cancellation. The 1st respondent cancelled the primary election and fixed a fresh primary election to hold on 6-6-2022. It is in dispute if the primary election of 6-6-2022 held. The appellant was excluded from the primary election and so had no opportunity to participate in the said primary election. The 4th respondent was allegedly declared winner of the 6-6-2022 primary election. The appellant herein on 6-6-2022 wrote a petition to the 1st respondent's National Assembly Re- run Electoral Panel. The Panel in its report of 10-6-2022 held that - "From the e…