Election Petitions (568)
HELD:
"The lead judgment has extensively considered and distinguished the case of OJOBO V MORO (2019) 17 NWLR (Pt. 1700) 166 from the instant appeal.
HELD:
"Section 285(9) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) provides as follows:
HELD:
"...The above grounds disclose that the primary election was conducted on the 27th day of May 2022 and that the purpose for which the Appellant desired to be joined to the action is for him to contest and establish that the primary election was a "charade" and an "abysmal conduct of primary elections".
HELD:
"I am cognisant of the Applicant's submission that the application can still be granted since it was filed within the stipulated period of fourteen (14) days within which to appeal.
HELD:
"...The position therefore remains that as already demonstrated in this ruling, this matter is a pre-election matter and the provisions of Section 285 (11) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), governs the period within which an appeal is to be lodged against the decision of this Court which was delivered on 2nd September 2022.
HELD:
"I am at one with my learned brother when he held that the cause of action disclosed in the Appellant's application is that which he (Appellant) ought to have pursued in an independent action as a Plaintiff. The learned trial Judge was therefore right when he found and concluded as follows at page 124 of the printed Record:
HELD:
"Section 84(14) of Electoral Act, 2022 provides as follows:
HELD:
"Substitution of a candidate for election is governed by Sections 31 and 33 of the Electoral Act, 2022.
HELD:
"The law is firmly established that Courts have no jurisdiction in respect of the domestic or internal affairs of a political party or its resolution regarding nomination or leadership of the party.