MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): These appeals emanated from two separate rulings of the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal, Imo State in election petition No. EPT/LH/IM/03/07 delivered on 24th September 2007 and 11th August 2007 respectively from the records of the two appeals before us, the Notice of Appeal in respect of appeal No. CA/PH/EPT/454/07 was filed on the 10th of October 2007 while in appeal No CA/PH/EPT/387/07, the Notice of Appeal, was filed on the 30th of August 2007. Along the line, the Appellant in the latter appeal who is the 1st Respondent in appeal No. CA/PH/EPT/454/07 applied for and was granted an order for the consolidation of the two appeals for the purposes of hearing and determination.
The consolidated appeals were heard on the 14th of May 2008 with the learned counsel identifying and adopting their respective briefs of argument therein.
The Appellants' brief in appeal No. CA/PH/EPT/454/07, was filed on 14th N…