Election petition

Whether a Petitioner Who Alleges Non-Compliance with the Provisions of the Electoral Act Must Show How It Substantially Affected the Result of the Election

CASE TITLE: AMINU & ANOR v. INEC & ORS (2024) LPELR-61787(SC)JUDGMENT DATE: 19TH JANUARY, 2024PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITIONLEAD JUDGMENT: UWANI…

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Duty of a Petitioner in Proving Allegation of Non-Compliance with The Electoral Act

CASE TITLE:  WINSTON v. MAJOR & ORS (2023) LPELR-61368 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 25TH NOVEMBER, 2023 PRACTICE AREA:  ELECTION PETITION LEAD…

3 months ago

The Principle of Margin of Lead in an Election

CASE TITLE: YABO & ANOR v. INEC & ORS (2023) LPELR-61429 (CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 16TH DECEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITIONLEAD JUDGMENT: PETER…

4 months ago

Whether Inadequate Payment of Security for Costs Renders a Petition Incompetent

CASE TITLE: NYA-ETOK & ORS v. INEC & ORS (2023) LPELR-60970 (CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 18TH AUGUST, 2023 JUSTICES: MUHAMMED LAWAL…

5 months ago

Required Number of Pages for Brief of Argument in Election Petition Appeal

CASE TITLE: EWA & ANOR v. WILLIAMS & ORS (2023) LPELR-61299(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH NOVEMBER, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITION LEAD…

5 months ago

Whether The Provision of Section 137 Of the Electoral Act, 2022 Obviates the Need to Call Eye Witness in Proof of Electoral Non-Compliance

CASE TITLE: TANKO & ANOR v. INEC & ORS (2023) LPELR-61184(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 27TH OCTOBER, 2023 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITION…

5 months ago

Concurrent Jurisdiction of the Election Petition Tribunal and the Federal High Court Over Issues of Qualification and Locus Standi in an Election Petition

CASE TITLE: OKEKE & ANOR v. NWACHUKWU & ORS (2023) LPELR-61233(CA)JUDGMENT DATE: 4TH NOVEMBER, 2023PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITIONLEAD JUDGMENT: BIOBELE…

6 months ago

Pre-Election Matters Under the New Electoral Dispensation Simplified

George Olatunde Babalola,SAN, FCARB Meaning of Pre-Election Matters Election litigation is bound to occur in an electoral process. This is…

2 years ago

THE LAW ON TENDERING EVIDENCE FROM THE BAR

OYETUNJI O. & ANOR V. INEC & ORS (2019) LPELR-49151(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 12TH NOVEMBER, 2019 PRACTICE AREA: ELECTION PETITION LEAD JUDGMENT: JIMI…

3 years ago

CAN INEC INITIATE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE PROSECUTION OF OFFENCES COMMITTED UNDER THE ELECTORAL ACT WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION FROM AN ELECTION PETITION TRIBUNAL

IBRAHIM MOHAMMED UMAR v.  FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA & ORS (2021) LPELR-53936(CA) JUDGMENT DATE: 14TH APRIL, 2021 JUSTICES: CHIDI NWAOMA…

3 years ago
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