AKANBI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On 14th December, 1991 elections were held throughout the States of the Federation to elect the Governors and members of the various Houses of Assembly. In Jigawa State, the appellant Alhaji Ali Sa'ad Birnin Kudu contested the governorship election on the platform of the Social Democratic Party. His opponent in that election was Alhaji Aliyu Buba of the National Republican Convention. When the results of the election were announced, Alhaji Ali Sa'ad Birnin Kudu of the Social Democratic Party emerged the winner scoring 239,410 votes as against that of his opponent Alhaji Aliyu Buba who had a total of 120,011 votes. So, Alhaji Ali Sa'ad Birnin Kudu was duly declared the Governor of Jigawa State by the National Electoral Commission - the body charged with the responsibility for conducting the elections.
Soon after the elections, Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunals were established in all the States of the Federation pur…