Election Petitions (568)
HELD:
"It may sound prolix, but locus standi in election and election-related matters is conferred by statute.
HELD:
"Now, I know of no law which gives the 1st & 2nd Respondents the right to roam about the "political ecosystem" in search for faults.
HELD:
"The grouch ventilated in this cause of action is that since the Appellant's primary election was not monitored, the name of the candidate who purportedly emerged from such an invalid primary election ought not to be accepted and published as a candidate for the general election.
HELD:
"Local Government Council election in Nasarawa State conducted under the Nasarawa State Local Government Elections Law is not an election under the Electoral Act.
HELD:
"I agree with the sound restatement of my learned brother that political parties and their members should have faith in the internal dispute resolution mechanisms prescribed in their party constitution.
HELD:
"It is very clear that jurisdiction is donated to this Court and all other Courts by statutes, why must the Court deliberately open flood gate to endless frivolous litigations?
HELD:
"... Let me reproduce the provisions of Section 87 (9) of the Electoral act 2010 (as amended) the section provides as follows:
HELD:
"The provisions of Section 285(9) of the Constitution does not allow for a continuous act.