MOHAMMED JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Yola Division delivered on 6 January 2012 dismissing the appellants’ appeal and affirming the judgment of the trial election petition tribunal. The 1st and 2nd appellants were respectively the Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates sponsored by the 3rd appellant, a political party, as its candidates in the general election held into the office of the Governor of Taraba State on 26 April 2011. The 2nd and 3rd respondents on the other hand were the Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates sponsored by the 1st respondent, a political party, in the election to the office of the Governor of Taraba State. At the conclusion of the election, the 4th and 6th respondents who conducted the election, returned the 2nd and 3rd respondents as winners of the election and duly elected as Governor and Deputy Governor of Taraba State.
Not satisfied with the results of the election, t…