MOORE A.A. ADUMEIN, JCA (DELIVERING THE LEADING JUDGMENT): On the 14th day of April, 2007 the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) the 3rd respondent conducted election to Oriade constituency of Osun state House of Assembly. Seven (7) candidates, including the appellant - Muhammad Bashir Olatunji Ibraheem of Action Congress and Olatunji Adewale Ogunleye (the 1st respondent) of Peoples Democratic Party, contested the said election. The results of the election, as announced by INEC, showed that the appellant scored 10,444 votes while the 1st respondent scored 12,810 votes. The 1st respondent was announced and returned by INEC as the candidate duly elected at the said election. The appellant was not satisfied with the outcome of the election and filed a petition on the grounds that the 1st respondent was, at the relevant time of contesting the said the election, not qualified to contest the election and that the election was invalid by reasons of non-compliance with the Elect…
IBRAHIM
V.
OGUNLEYE & ORS.
(2010) JELR 47863 (CA)
Court of Appeal 9 Dec 2010 Nigeria
Case
Key Passages 6
Citing Cases 3
BriefBot Summary
- The appellant, Action Congress candidate Muhammad Bashir Olatunji Ibraheem, contested the 2007 Oriade Constituency, Osun State House of Assembly election results, challenging the return of the 1st respondent (PDP’s candidate) on grounds o
Case Details
Suit Number:CA/I/EPT/HA/93/2008
Judges:NWALI SYLVESTER NGWUTA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
CHINWE E. IYIZOBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
MOORE A.A. ADUMEIN Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:MRS. F.O. BABAFEMI, ESQ. For Appellant
A.A. ABIMBOIA, ESQ. with F.E. ABBEY, ESQ. and ADEMOLA ADEYEMO, ESQ. For Respondent
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