JANGEBE & ANOR
V.
ABUBAKAR & ORS
JAMES OGENYI OGEBE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The petitioners contested chairmanship election of 15th March, 1997 for the Talata Mafara Local Government Council of Zamfara state with the 1st and 2nd respondents and lost to them. Dissatisfied with the result they filed a petition before the Election Tribunal of Zamfara State alleging that the 1st respondent did not properly resign from the state Civil service before contesting the election. The Election Tribunal nullified the election and ordered a fresh election. Both sides were dissatisfied and appealed to the Election Appeal Tribunal. The 1st and 2nd respondents asked the Election Appeal Tribunal to return them as duly elected while the petitioners cross-appealed that they ought to have been returned as duly elected. The Appeal Tribunal allowed the appeal of the 1st and 2nd respondents and dismissed the cross-appeal of the petitioners.
Idris Samaho State chairman of United Nigeria congress party wrote a petition to …