Election Petitions (568)
HELD:
"The defection of an elected executive office holder is not novel to our jurisprudence as it formed the consideration of the Supreme Court in the case of A.G. FEDERATION & ORS VS ABUBAKAR & ORS (supra).
HELD:
"Section 31 (5) of the Electoral Act provides as follows:
HELD:
"Without a doubt, the lower Court, in resolving the 1st Respondent's objection before it that the Appellant did not have the locus standi to maintain the action held that the Appellant's complaint is in respect of the qualification and disqualification requirements which any person can bring and therefore the Appellant had the requisite locus standi.
HELD:
"The Appellant contends that the time to file a pre-election matter will begin to run from the day he became aware that the 1st Respondent did not properly resign from his employment, which is from 5th June, 2021 when the 3rd Respondent published the names of the candidates for the election.
HELD:
"Section 285 (9) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) provides as follows:
HELD:
"As aptly postulated by the Appellants' learned senior counsel, what was called for determination was merely the legal effect or implication of Exhibit P21 presented to the 1st respondent for the sponsorship of the candidature of the 3rd and 4th Respondents in the Governorship election of Ondo state in question.
HELD:
"...Let it be emphasised, poignantly, that His Excellency Mai Mala Buni, Governor of Yobe State is not, under the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria not being a political party himself, empowered to nominate or sponsor any candidate for any election.
HELD:
"Section 156 of the Electoral Act 2010 in defining "leader of a political party", stipulates thus:
HELD:
"It is trite that, an invalid sponsorship is antithetical to valid qualification of a candidate.