Section 88: Election Tribunal.

(1) There shall be established for each State one or more Election Tribunals to be known as the Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal which shall, to the exclusion of any court or tribunal, have original jurisdiction to hear and determine :
(a) petitions as to whether any person has been validly elected to the office of Governor or Deputy Governor or as a member of any Legislative House;
(b) subject to the provisions of subsection (10) of section 45 of this Act, any question as to whether the term of office of any person as Governor or Deputy Governor has ceased ; and
(c) any question as to whether the seat of a member in any Legislative House has become vacant.
(2) A Governorship and Legislative Houses Election Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman and 4 other members all of whom shall be persons of unquestionable integrity who have not been involved in party politics.
(3) The Chairman shall be a person who has held or is qualified to hold the office of a Justice of the Court of Appeal.
(4) Two of the members shall be persons who have held or are qualified to hold the office of a Judge of a High Court and the remaining two members shall be non-members of the legal profession.
(5) The Chairman and members shall be appointed by the President of the Court of Appeal.