DANJUMA JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This appeal is the exude of the dissatisfaction of the appellant herein, who contested the election into the Ondo State House of Assembly to represent the Akoko South-West Constituency II, under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC).
At the said election conducted by the 4th respondent on 11 April 2015, the appellant was elected, declared and returned as against other candidates, including the 1st respondent, who was the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), the 2nd respondent herein.
Dissatisfied with the declaration and return, the 1st and 2nd respondents filed a petition on 9 May 2015, on the grounds set out in paragraph 10 of the petition and by which he sought the relief articulated in paragraph 18 of the petition. It is instructive to point out that there were seven (7) respondents in the petition leading to this appeal.
The respondents were each served a copy of the petition except the 7th respondent, who was o…