ORJI-ABADUA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): An election was conducted on the 21st April, 2007 into the Federal House of Representatives for Bichi Federal Constituency of Kano State, at the conclusion of which, the appellant, being the 1st respondent at the Election Tribunal, was declared the winner of the election with the total votes of 23,639 against the 1st respondent in this appeal who scored 22,410 votes. Following that, the 1st and 2nd respondents filed a Petition No. EPT/KNS/HR/29/2007 before the National Assembly Election Tribunal sitting at Kano on the 21st day of May, 2007 seeking the following reliefs:
“a. The 1st respondent was not duly elected by a majority of lawful votes cast at the election.
The 1st petitioner scored a majority of lawful votes cast at the election and ought to have been duly declared and returned as the elected member of the House of Representatives representing Bichi Federal b. Constituency of Kano State at the said election.
The petitioner se…