JANGEBE & ANOR
V.
ABUBAKAR & ORS

(1998) JELR 45707 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/K/EPLG/14/98 · 23 Apr 1998 · Nigeria

CORAM

JAMES OGENYI OGEBE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria ATINUKE OMOBONIKE IGE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

election

1st respondent

2nd respondents

state

local government

petitioners

appeal tribunal

civil service

lieu of notice

person

chairman

court

decision of the election appeal tribunal

election appeal tribunal

election tribunal

j.c.a

petition

receipt

transitional provisions

appeal

atinuke omobonike ige

basic constitutional

candidate

chairman-ship election

chairmanship election of 15th march

decision of the appeal tribunal

decree

draft

election tribunal of zamfara state

federal government

highest votes

ibrahim tanko muhammad

issues

james ogenyi ogebe

learned attorney-general

learned attorney-general of the federation

only issue

opportunity of reading

provision

public service

public service of zamfara state

pw3 bala wakili gusau

said march

section

services

sides

time of an election

virtue of section

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 …

JANGEBE & ANOR V. ABUBAKAR & ORS

JANGEBE & ANOR
V.
ABUBAKAR & ORS