Over-voting and voters’ register

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• ATIKU ABUBAKAR & ANOR V. INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION & ORS. (2019)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  15 November 2019

  Summary of Atiku Abubakar v INEC, addressing presidential election results, qualification, evidence, non-compliance and the dismissal of the appeal.

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  • Documents tendered from the bar→
  • Educational qualification of presidential candidate→
  • Election non-compliance→
  • Election results and INEC presumption of regularity→
  • Electronic and computer-generated evidence→
  • False information in Form CF001→
  • Hearsay evidence→
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• MAKU V. AL-MAKURA (2017)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Makurdi Division)

  Judgment date

  27 November 2015

  Summary of the case Maku v. Al-Makura, addressing the electoral petition challenges, court findings, and implications on electoral law.

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  • Abandoned grounds of appeal→
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  • audi alteram partem and fair hearing→
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  • documentary evidence dumping→
  • electoral act 2010 (as amended), sections 138 and 139→
  • electoral malpractice and substantial non-compliance→