MOHAMMED BABA IDRIS, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement): This is an appeal against the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal holden at Dutse delivered by Honourable Justice Akintan Osadebay, Honourable Justice I. Gandu and Honourable Justice Benson Anya on the 5th day of July, 2023 dismissing the Appellants' application.
The Appellants who were the petitioners at the lower court filed a petition dated the 9th day of April, 2023 on the following grounds:
(a) The election was invalid by reason of corrupt practices or non-compliance with the provisions of Electoral Act 2022.
(b) The 5th and 6th Respondents were not qualified to contest the governorship election.
(c) The 5th, 6th and 7th Respondents submitted to the Commission (the 1st Respondent) an affidavit containing false information of a fundamental nature in aid of their qualification for the Governorship election.
The Appellants also alleged that the said election was fraught with a lot of corrupt practices like vot…