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SHERIFF & ORS
V.
MOHAMMED & ORS

(2018) JELR 39539 (CA)

Court of Appeal 23 Feb 2018 Nigeria
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- The dispute arose from the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Working Committee’s decision to conduct a state congress in Zamfara prior to the expiration of the existing State Executive Committee’s four-year tenure, prompting membe

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Suit Number:CA/S/99/2017
Judges:HUSSEIN MUKHTAR Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria MUHAMMED LAWAL SHUAIBU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:J. C. SHAKA, ESQ. For Appellant L.M PWAHOMDI, ESQ. For Respondent

FREDERICK OZIAKPONO OHO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This Appeal is against the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting at Gusau, Zamfara State Coram: FATIMA MURTALA AMINU, J. in Suit No. FHC/GS/5/2016 and delivered on the 10-5-2017 wherein the Court below resolved the lone issue nominated for the determination of the Court in favour of the Respondents, who were Plaintiffs and granted all the reliefs sought by them. See pages 323 - 333 of the records of appeal.

The Appellants before this Court were the 1st to 5th defendants at the Court below, while the 1st to 4th Respondents before this Court were the Plaintiffs at the Court below. The 6th to 9th Respondent before this Court were the 6th to 9th defendants at the Court below. The suit at the Court below was commenced by way of an originating summons dated 3-3-2016 wherein the sole issue for the determination is stated thus;

Whether the provisions of Section 47(1) of the Constitution of the Peoples Democratic Party, 2012…

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