JOHN INYANG OKORO, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellants were Petitioners at the National Assembly/Governorship and Legislative Houses Elections Tribunal in Katsina State, hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal. The 2nd Appellant, the ANPP was the platform on which the 1st Appellant contested the 21st April, 2007 Nationwide elections into the National Assembly including the seat of the Katsina North Senatorial District in focus. The 1st Respondent contested the same election for the seat in the same Senatorial District under the platform of the 2nd Respondent, his political party; he was also the candidate declared and returned by the 5th Respondent herein as the winner of the election.
The said declaration was made on 21st April, 2007. Dissatisfied with the declaration and return of the 1st Respondent, the Appellants, on the 21st day of May, 2007, filed their petition before the lower Tribunal. After a full trial the Tribunal, on 10th March 2008, delivered its ju…