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This landmark Supreme Court decision addressed the 2003 presidential election challenge by Muhammadu Buhari against President Olusegun Obasanjo. The court's ruling solidified the 'substantial compliance' doctrine, establishing a high evidentiary burden for petitioners seeking to nullify an election.
This Supreme Court case examines the tension between a political party's autonomy and the Electoral Act, ruling that a party cannot substitute a primary winner without 'cogent and verifiable reasons'. The decision fortifies the rights of nominated candidates.
A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Nigeria that addressed the unlawful substitution of a validly nominated candidate by a political party. The court held that votes cast in an election belong to the political party and the duly nominated candidate who won the primaries.