NDUKWE-ANYANWU JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On 14 April 2007 elections were held throughout Nigeria into the governorship seats of the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation. Seven candidates representing their various political parties contested the governorship seat of Kano State. After the election, the 1st respondent Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau of theAll Nigeria Peoples’Party emerged winner with 671,184 votes. He was therefore returned.
The petitioner sponsored byAction Congress came 3rd with 126,235 votes. The petitioner being dissatisfied with the result of the election filed a petition before the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Petition,
Tribunal holden at Kano on 14 May 2007 challenging the results and return of the 1st Respondent. The respondents were served with the petition. The 1st and 2nd respondents filed their reply to the petition and the appellant further filed and served their response to the respondents’ reply on 6 June 2007. The facts of this p…