LIKORO & ANOR
V.
MOHAMMED & ORS

JAMES OGENYI OGEBE, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): Dissatisfied with the outcome of the Local Government elections held on the 15th of March 1997 in respect of the Chairmanship for Kudan Local Government council of Kaduna state, the petitioners filed a petition to the Election Petition Tribunal of Kaduna state challenging the return of the 1st respondent as the Chairman of Kudan Local Government. The Election Tribunal dismissed the petition. The petitioners were still dissatisfied and appealed to the Election Appeal Tribunal of Kaduna state which also dismissed the appeal. The petitioners then wrote a petition to the Government for a review of the case.

The learned Attorney-General of the Federation in his brief to this court formulated one Issue for determination. It reads:-

"The sole issue for determination before the Review Panel was whether or not the decisions of both the Election and Appeal Tribunals was perverse and against the weight of evidence, as contained in the…