CHIMA CENTUS NWEZE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Sometime in March, 2009, the Governor of Osun State appointed the first-seventh appellants as Chairman, Secretary and Members, respectively, of the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSSIEC). Their names were forwarded to the defendant/respondent for confirmation.
On March 24, 2009, the appellants appeared before the defendants/respondents for screening for the purpose of confirming their said appointments. It appears that some of the appellants did not supply the defendant/respondent with enough copies of their credentials. That notwithstanding, by majority votes of its members, the defendant/respondent confirmed their appointments. The Governor, subsequently, swore them in on April 3, 2009.
The claimant/first respondent was dissatisfied with the procedure which the defendant/respondent adopted in confirming the appointments of the appellants. This prompted the action he commenced by way of Originating Summons in…