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(2009) JELR 40001 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/PH/EPT/197D/2008 · 11 Feb 2009 · Nigeria

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SAKA ADEYEMI IBIYEYE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria CLARA BATA OGUNBIYI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria PAUL ADAMU GALINJE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria GEORGE OLADEHINDE SHOREMI Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appeal

appellants

2nd respondents

secret society

5th respondents

1st respondent

preliminary objection

public service of a state

abia state

deputy governor

public officers

questioned election

petition no. abs

public service of abia state

following grounds

member of a secret society

member of the national assembly

1st set of petitioners

4th-5th respondents brief of argument

5th respondents brief of argument

additional ground of appeal

behalf of the 1st-3rd respondents

case of ekechi v. okah

c-e

d.d. dodo san

e-d

election of the 1st respondent

evidence of pw1

fair hearing

favour of the appellants

f-f

g-h

leading judgment

learned leading san

learned silk

legislative houses election tribunal

member of an alleged secret society

office of governor

original grounds

peoples democratic party

plethora of decided cases

public servants

said 4th

said judgment

statutory provisions

term of office of any person

trial tribunal onyema ugochukwu

v. ngige

GEORGE OLADEINDE SHOREMI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal holding in Umuahia, Abia State (hereinafter called "the Tribunal") and delivered on 25 February, 2008 in Petition No. ABS/GOV/EPT/4/2007.

The tribunal in its judgment nullified the election of the 1st and 2nd Respondents as the Governor and Deputy Governor respectively of Abia State. It declared and returned Onyema Ugochukwu and his running mate, Hon Chinwendu Nwanganga (the 4th and 5th Respondents in the Appeal hereof) as the duly elected Governor and Deputy Governor of Abia State. Being dissatisfied with the said judgment, the Appellants have appealed against it on 14 Original Grounds and one Additional Ground of Appeal.

At the trial tribunal Onyema Ugochukwu and Hon. Chinwendu Nwanganga filed petition No.ABS/GOV/EPT/4/07 challenging the return of the 1st and 2nd Respondents hereof. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …

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