PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)
V.
BIOBARAKUMO DEGI-EREMIONYO

(2020) JELR 80474 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.1/2020 · 13 Feb 2020 · Nigeria

CORAM

MARY UKAEGO PETER-ODILI JSC OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA JSC JOHN INYANG OKORO JSC AMINA ADAMU AUGIE JSC EJEMBI EKO JSC

Ratio Decidendi

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1st respondent

name

page

trial court

lower court

2nd respondents

certificate

electoral act

affidavit of correction

confirmation of name

statutory declaration of age

lead judgment

names

4th respondent

bayelsa state

fact

false information

federal high court

first school leaving certificate

gce certificate

inec form cf001

issue

2nd respondent

deed poll

affidavit of regularisation of name

correct name

documentary evidence

joint ticket

learned trial judge

notary public

said affidavit

uncle of the 1st respondent

1st respondents form cf001

a.p.c. candidates

biobarakuma degi-eremienyo

change of name

claim of the 1st respondent

court of appeal

eko jsc

eloquent resolution of the issue of the plaintiff

final judgment

name adegi brokumo

personal information

said judgment of the lower court

separate notices of appeal

specific point

sponsoring party

trial federal high court

unnamed notary public

view of the trial court

EKO JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The 2nd respondent won the nomination to contest the governorship election in Bayelsa State on the platform of the A.P.C. He in turn nominated the 1st respondent as his running mate. Both 1st and 2nd respondents were A.P.C. candidates for the offices of governor and deputy-governor of Bayelsa State. It was a joint ticket on the platform of the APC.

The APC, in compliance with section 31(1) of the Electoral Act, 2018 (as amended) submitted the names and personal information and particulars of the 1st and 2nd respondents to INEC, and the same contained in INEC Form CF001 for each of the 1st and 2nd respondents. The 1st respondents Form CF001 duly sworn to by him was published. Pursuant to section 31(5) of the Electoral Act, the appellants approached the Federal High Court claiming that the information contained therein were false. They sought the Federal High Court to invoke section 31(6) Electoral Act to disqualify the 1st respondent (and conseque…

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) V. BIOBARAKUMO DEGI-EREMIONYO

PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP)
V.
BIOBARAKUMO DEGI-EREMIONYO