MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The 1st Appellant, Saida Sa'ad contested election under the platform of the 2nd Respondent, Action Congress Party (ACP), during the general election held nationwide on 21st April, 2007, into the Federal House of Representatives for the Tarauni Federal Constituency, Kano. The 1st Respondent, Mohammed Abubakar Maifata also contested the same elective post under the sponsorship of the 2nd Respondent, All Nigerian Peoples Party, (ANPP). The 3rd 'and 4th Respondents alongside others conducted the said election. The results declared by the 3rd and 4th Respondents returned the 1st Respondent as the winner with 35,932 votes, while the 1st Appellant came third with 6,654 votes.
Being dissatisfied with this unpalatable turn of events, the Appellants herein, on 22nd May, 2007 filed their petition containing 14 paragraphs, before the National Assembly Election Tribunal, holden at Kano, Kano State (Pages 1 - 30 of the record).…