SELECTION/APPOINTMENT OF CHIEFS: Whether the presence of unauthorized officials at a selection exercise will vitiate same
HELD:
"I agree with the submission of learned counsel for the appellant that the mere inclusion of officers who were not provided for in the enabling law and their presence at the venue of the meeting for the selection exercise conducted on the 17th day of May, 2004 without more is not sufficient reason to vitiate the election of the 1st appellant.
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