id	sid	tid	token	lemma	pos
acarelar-5812	1	1	ubanyionwu	ubanyionwu	ADJ
acarelar-5812	1	2	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	1	3	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	1	4	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	1	5	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	1	6	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	1	7	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	1	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	1	9	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	1	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	1	11	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	1	12	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	1	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	1	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	1	15	54	54	NUM
acarelar-5812	2	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	2	2	p	p	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	2	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	6	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	7	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	2	8	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	9	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	2	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	11	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	14	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	15	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	16	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	17	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	2	18	*	*	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	19	abstract	abstract	ADJ
acarelar-5812	2	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	2	21	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	2	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	23	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	24	refers	refer	VERB
acarelar-5812	2	25	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	26	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	2	27	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	2	28	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	29	used	use	VERB
acarelar-5812	2	30	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	31	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	2	32	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	33	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	34	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	35	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	2	36	determine	determine	VERB
acarelar-5812	2	37	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	2	38	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	2	39	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	40	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	2	41	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	2	42	nullified	nullify	VERB
acarelar-5812	2	43	due	due	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	44	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	45	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	46	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	47	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	48	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	2	49	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	2	50	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	2	51	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	3	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	3	2	holds	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	3	3	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	3	4	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	3	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	3	6	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	3	7	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	3	8	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	3	9	invalidated	invalidated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	3	10	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	3	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	3	12	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	3	13	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	3	14	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	3	15	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	3	16	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	3	17	severe	severe	ADJ
acarelar-5812	3	18	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	3	19	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	3	20	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	3	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	3	22	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	3	23	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	3	24	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	3	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	3	26	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	3	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	4	1	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	4	2	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	4	3	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	4	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	4	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	4	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	4	7	must	must	AUX
acarelar-5812	4	8	have	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	4	9	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	4	10	complied	comply	VERB
acarelar-5812	4	11	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	4	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	4	13	relevant	relevant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	4	14	provisions	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	4	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	4	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	4	17	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	4	18	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	4	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	4	20	even	even	ADV
acarelar-5812	4	21	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	4	22	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	4	23	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	4	24	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	4	25	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	4	26	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	5	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	2	key	key	ADJ
acarelar-5812	5	3	statute	statute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	4	guiding	guide	VERB
acarelar-5812	5	5	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	5	6	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	7	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	5	8	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	9	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	5	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	5	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	13	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	5	14	act1	act1	PROPN
acarelar-5812	5	15	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	5	16	provides	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	5	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	5	18	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	5	19	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	20	shall	shall	AUX
acarelar-5812	5	21	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	5	22	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	5	23	liable	liable	ADJ
acarelar-5812	5	24	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	5	25	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	5	26	invalidated	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	5	27	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	28	reason	reason	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	29	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	30	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	5	31	–	–	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	5	32	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	33	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	34	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	35	provisions	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	36	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	37	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	5	38	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	39	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	5	40	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	5	41	appears	appear	VERB
acarelar-5812	5	42	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	43	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	44	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	45	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	46	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	5	47	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	48	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	5	49	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	50	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	51	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	5	52	conducted	conduct	VERB
acarelar-5812	5	53	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	5	54	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	55	accordance	accordance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	56	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	57	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	58	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	59	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	60	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	5	61	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	62	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	5	63	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	5	64	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	65	non	non	X
acarelar-5812	5	66	–	–	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	5	67	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	68	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	5	69	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	5	70	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	5	71	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	5	72	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	73	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	74	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	5	75	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	5	76	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	5	77	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	6	1	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	6	2	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	6	3	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	6	4	aims	aim	VERB
acarelar-5812	6	5	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	6	6	prevent	prevent	VERB
acarelar-5812	6	7	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	6	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	6	9	annulments	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	6	10	over	over	ADP
acarelar-5812	6	11	trivial	trivial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	6	12	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	6	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	6	14	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	6	15	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	6	16	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	6	17	without	without	ADP
acarelar-5812	6	18	challenges	challenge	NOUN
acarelar-5812	6	19	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	6	20	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	6	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	7	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	7	2	application	application	NOUN
acarelar-5812	7	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	7	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	7	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	7	6	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	7	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	7	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	7	9	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	7	10	presents	present	VERB
acarelar-5812	7	11	several	several	ADJ
acarelar-5812	7	12	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	7	13	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	8	1	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	8	2	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	8	3	often	often	ADV
acarelar-5812	8	4	involve	involve	VERB
acarelar-5812	8	5	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	8	6	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	8	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	8	8	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	8	9	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	8	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	8	11	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	8	12	potential	potential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	8	13	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	8	14	abuse	abuse	NOUN
acarelar-5812	8	15	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	9	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	9	2	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	9	3	article	article	NOUN
acarelar-5812	9	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	9	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	9	6	writer	writer	NOUN
acarelar-5812	9	7	has	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	9	8	identified	identify	VERB
acarelar-5812	9	9	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	9	10	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	9	11	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	10	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	10	2	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	10	3	anticipated	anticipate	VERB
acarelar-5812	10	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	10	5	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	10	6	article	article	NOUN
acarelar-5812	10	7	will	will	AUX
acarelar-5812	10	8	open	open	VERB
acarelar-5812	10	9	flood	flood	NOUN
acarelar-5812	10	10	gates	gate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	10	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	10	12	discussions	discussion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	10	13	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	10	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	10	15	topic	topic	NOUN
acarelar-5812	10	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	11	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	11	2	will	will	AUX
acarelar-5812	11	3	go	go	VERB
acarelar-5812	11	4	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	11	5	long	long	ADJ
acarelar-5812	11	6	way	way	NOUN
acarelar-5812	11	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	11	8	strengthening	strengthen	VERB
acarelar-5812	11	9	our	our	PRON
acarelar-5812	11	10	democracy	democracy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	11	11	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	12	1	keywords	keyword	NOUN
acarelar-5812	12	2	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	12	3	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	12	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	12	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	12	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	12	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	12	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	12	9	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	12	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	12	11	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	12	12	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	12	13	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	13	1	introduction	introduction	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	2	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	13	3	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	13	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	13	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	13	8	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	13	9	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	10	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	11	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	12	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	13	13	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	13	14	double	double	ADJ
acarelar-5812	13	15	-	-	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	13	16	edged	edge	VERB
acarelar-5812	13	17	sword	sword	NOUN
acarelar-5812	13	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	14	1	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	14	2	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	14	3	prevents	prevent	VERB
acarelar-5812	14	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	14	5	invalidation	invalidation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	14	7	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	8	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	14	9	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	14	10	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	14	12	its	its	PRON
acarelar-5812	14	13	subjective	subjective	ADJ
acarelar-5812	14	14	nature	nature	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	14	16	lack	lack	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	14	18	clear	clear	ADJ
acarelar-5812	14	19	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	20	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	14	21	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	14	22	potential	potential	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	23	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	14	24	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	14	25	application	application	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	26	create	create	VERB
acarelar-5812	14	27	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	14	28	challenges	challenge	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	29	/	/	SYM
acarelar-5812	14	30	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	14	31	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	15	1	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	15	3	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	15	5	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	15	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	15	7	electorates	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	8	alike	alike	ADV
acarelar-5812	15	9	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	15	10	often	often	ADV
acarelar-5812	15	11	left	leave	VERB
acarelar-5812	15	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	15	13	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	15	14	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	15	16	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	17	about	about	ADP
acarelar-5812	15	18	what	what	PRON
acarelar-5812	15	19	constitutes	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	15	20	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	15	21	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	15	22	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	23	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	24	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	15	25	leading	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	15	26	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	15	27	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	15	28	complexities	complexity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	29	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	15	30	undermining	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	15	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	15	32	credibility	credibility	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	33	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	15	34	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	15	35	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	15	36	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	15	37	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	16	1	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	16	2	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	16	3	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	4	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	5	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	6	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	16	7	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	16	8	critical	critical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	9	part	part	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	16	11	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	12	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	13	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	16	15	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	16	16	presents	present	VERB
acarelar-5812	16	17	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	18	challenges	challenge	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	16	20	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	16	21	ambiguity	ambiguity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	16	23	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	24	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	25	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	26	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	16	27	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	16	28	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	16	29	high	high	ADJ
acarelar-5812	16	30	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	31	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	16	32	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	33	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	16	34	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	16	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	17	1	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	17	2	issues	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	17	3	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	17	4	result	result	VERB
acarelar-5812	17	5	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	17	6	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	17	7	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	17	8	undermine	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	17	9	public	public	ADJ
acarelar-5812	17	10	trust	trust	NOUN
acarelar-5812	17	11	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	17	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	17	13	fairness	fairness	NOUN
acarelar-5812	17	14	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	17	15	transparency	transparency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	17	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	17	17	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	17	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	18	1	addressing	address	VERB
acarelar-5812	18	2	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	18	3	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	4	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	18	5	require	require	VERB
acarelar-5812	18	6	clearer	clear	ADJ
acarelar-5812	18	7	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	18	8	definitions	definition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	9	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	18	10	more	more	ADV
acarelar-5812	18	11	consistent	consistent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	18	12	application	application	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	13	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	18	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	18	15	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	16	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	18	17	ensure	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	18	18	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	18	19	fair	fair	ADJ
acarelar-5812	18	20	balance	balance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	21	between	between	ADP
acarelar-5812	18	22	maintaining	maintain	VERB
acarelar-5812	18	23	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	18	24	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	25	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	18	26	avoiding	avoid	VERB
acarelar-5812	18	27	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	18	28	annulments	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	18	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	19	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	19	2	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	19	3	article	article	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	19	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	19	6	writer	writer	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	7	looks	look	VERB
acarelar-5812	19	8	at	at	ADP
acarelar-5812	19	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	19	10	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	11	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	19	12	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	19	13	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	19	14	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	15	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	16	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	19	17	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	18	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	19	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	19	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	19	21	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	19	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	1	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	2	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	3	like	like	ADP
acarelar-5812	20	4	ambiguity	ambiguity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	5	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	20	6	lack	lack	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	20	8	clear	clear	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	9	definition	definition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	11	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	12	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	13	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	20	14	inconsistency	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	16	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	17	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	20	18	increased	increase	VERB
acarelar-5812	20	19	litigation	litigation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	20	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	21	potential	potential	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	22	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	20	23	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	24	bias	bias	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	25	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	26	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	27	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	20	28	proving	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	20	29	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	30	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	31	–	–	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	32	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	33	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	20	34	impact	impact	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	35	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	20	36	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	37	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	38	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	20	39	tension	tension	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	40	between	between	ADP
acarelar-5812	20	41	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	42	formalism	formalism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	43	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	20	44	practical	practical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	20	45	realism	realism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	20	46	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	20	47	thoroughly	thoroughly	ADV
acarelar-5812	20	48	examined	examine	VERB
acarelar-5812	20	49	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	21	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	21	2	article	article	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	3	will	will	AUX
acarelar-5812	21	4	open	open	VERB
acarelar-5812	21	5	flood	flood	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	6	gates	gate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	21	8	discussions	discussion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	9	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	21	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	21	11	topic	topic	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	12	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	21	13	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	21	14	will	will	AUX
acarelar-5812	21	15	go	go	VERB
acarelar-5812	21	16	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	21	17	long	long	ADJ
acarelar-5812	21	18	way	way	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	19	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	21	20	deepening	deepen	VERB
acarelar-5812	21	21	our	our	PRON
acarelar-5812	21	22	democracy	democracy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	21	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	22	1	2	2	X
acarelar-5812	22	2	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	22	3	meaning	meaning	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	22	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	6	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	22	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	22	9	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	22	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	11	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	12	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	22	13	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	22	14	formal	formal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	22	15	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	22	16	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	17	through	through	ADP
acarelar-5812	22	18	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	22	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	22	20	validity	validity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	21	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	22	22	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	22	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	24	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	25	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	22	26	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	22	27	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	22	28	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	22	29	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	22	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	23	1	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	23	2	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	23	3	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	23	5	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	23	6	provides	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	23	7	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	23	8	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	9	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	23	10	aggrieved	aggrieved	ADJ
acarelar-5812	23	11	candidates	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	12	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	23	13	political	political	ADJ
acarelar-5812	23	14	parties	party	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	15	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	23	16	contest	contest	VERB
acarelar-5812	23	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	23	18	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	23	20	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	21	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	23	22	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	23	23	qualification	qualification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	24	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	23	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	23	26	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	27	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	23	28	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	23	29	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	23	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	24	1	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	2	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	3	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	24	4	distinct	distinct	ADJ
acarelar-5812	24	5	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	24	6	regular	regular	ADJ
acarelar-5812	24	7	lawsuits	lawsuit	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	24	9	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	24	10	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	24	11	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	24	12	governed	govern	VERB
acarelar-5812	24	13	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	24	14	special	special	ADJ
acarelar-5812	24	15	rules	rule	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	24	17	timelines	timeline	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	24	19	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	24	20	procedures	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	21	due	due	ADP
acarelar-5812	24	22	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	24	23	their	their	PRON
acarelar-5812	24	24	critical	critical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	24	25	role	role	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	26	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	24	27	safeguarding	safeguard	VERB
acarelar-5812	24	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	24	29	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	30	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	24	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	24	32	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	24	33	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	24	34	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	25	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	25	2	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	25	3	jurisprudence	jurisprudence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	25	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	6	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	7	serve	serve	VERB
acarelar-5812	25	8	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	25	9	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	25	10	vital	vital	ADJ
acarelar-5812	25	11	tool	tool	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	25	13	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	25	14	accountability	accountability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	15	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	25	16	transparency	transparency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	17	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	25	18	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	25	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	26	1	grounds	ground	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	2	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	3	filing	file	VERB
acarelar-5812	26	4	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	26	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	6	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	7	typically	typically	ADV
acarelar-5812	26	8	include	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	26	9	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	26	10	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	26	11	1	1	X
acarelar-5812	26	12	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	26	13	noncompliance	noncompliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	14	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	26	16	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	26	17	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	18	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	26	19	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	26	20	could	could	AUX
acarelar-5812	26	21	involve	involve	VERB
acarelar-5812	26	22	failure	failure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	23	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	26	24	adhere	adhere	VERB
acarelar-5812	26	25	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	26	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	27	procedures	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	28	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	26	29	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	26	30	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	31	improper	improper	ADJ
acarelar-5812	26	32	use	use	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	33	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	34	voting	vote	VERB
acarelar-5812	26	35	technology	technology	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	36	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	26	37	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	38	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	39	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	26	40	collation	collation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	41	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	26	42	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	26	43	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	27	1	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	27	2	2	2	X
acarelar-5812	27	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	27	4	corrupt	corrupt	ADJ
acarelar-5812	27	5	practices	practice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	27	6	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	27	7	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	27	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	27	9	votebuying	votebuye	VERB
acarelar-5812	27	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	27	11	violence	violence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	27	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	27	13	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	27	14	undue	undue	ADJ
acarelar-5812	27	15	influence	influence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	27	16	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	27	17	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	27	18	raised	raise	VERB
acarelar-5812	27	19	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	27	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	27	21	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	27	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	1	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	2	3	3	X
acarelar-5812	28	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	4	disqualification	disqualification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	5	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	28	6	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	28	7	candidate	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	8	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	9	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	28	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	11	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	28	12	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	28	13	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	28	14	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	28	15	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	28	16	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	28	17	proven	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	28	18	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	28	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	28	20	declared	declare	VERB
acarelar-5812	28	21	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	22	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	28	23	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	28	24	qualified	qualified	ADJ
acarelar-5812	28	25	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	28	26	contest	contest	VERB
acarelar-5812	28	27	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	28	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	28	29	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	28	30	factors	factor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	31	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	28	32	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	28	33	age	age	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	34	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	35	citizenship	citizenship	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	36	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	28	37	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	28	38	criminal	criminal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	28	39	records	record	NOUN
acarelar-5812	28	40	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	29	1	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	29	2	4	4	X
acarelar-5812	29	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	29	4	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	5	malpractice	malpractice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	6	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	29	7	rigging	rigging	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	8	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	29	9	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	10	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	11	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	29	12	allege	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	29	13	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	29	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	29	15	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	16	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	29	17	manipulated	manipulate	VERB
acarelar-5812	29	18	through	through	ADP
acarelar-5812	29	19	ballot	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	20	stuffing	stuffing	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	21	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	29	22	multiple	multiple	ADJ
acarelar-5812	29	23	voting	voting	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	24	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	29	25	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	29	26	other	other	ADJ
acarelar-5812	29	27	forms	form	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	28	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	29	29	malpractice	malpractice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	29	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	30	1	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	2	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	3	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	30	4	typically	typically	ADV
acarelar-5812	30	5	adjudicated	adjudicate	VERB
acarelar-5812	30	6	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	30	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	8	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	9	tribunals	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	10	/	/	SYM
acarelar-5812	30	11	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	30	13	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	30	14	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	30	15	established	establish	VERB
acarelar-5812	30	16	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	30	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	30	18	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	30	19	constitution	constitution	NOUN
acarelar-5812	30	20	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	30	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	30	22	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	30	23	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	30	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	31	1	appeals	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	2	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	31	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	31	4	decisions	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	5	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	31	6	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	31	7	tribunals	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	8	/	/	SYM
acarelar-5812	31	9	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	10	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	31	11	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	31	12	taken	take	VERB
acarelar-5812	31	13	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	31	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	31	15	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	31	17	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	31	19	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	31	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	31	21	some	some	DET
acarelar-5812	31	22	instances	instance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	31	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	31	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	31	25	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	31	26	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	31	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	32	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	32	2	atiku	atiku	ADJ
acarelar-5812	32	3	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	32	4	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	32	5	buhari,2	buhari,2	ADV
acarelar-5812	32	6	atiku	atiku	ADJ
acarelar-5812	32	7	abubakar	abubakar	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	32	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	32	10	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	11	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	32	12	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	32	13	party	party	PROPN
acarelar-5812	32	14	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	32	15	pdp	pdp	PROPN
acarelar-5812	32	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	32	17	filed	file	VERB
acarelar-5812	32	18	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	32	19	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	20	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	21	challenging	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	32	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	32	23	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	32	24	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	32	25	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	26	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	32	27	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	32	28	declared	declare	VERB
acarelar-5812	32	29	muhammadu	muhammadu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	30	buhari	buhari	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	31	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	32	32	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	32	33	all	all	DET
acarelar-5812	32	34	progressives	progressive	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	35	congress	congress	PROPN
acarelar-5812	32	36	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	32	37	apc	apc	PROPN
acarelar-5812	32	38	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	32	39	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	32	40	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	32	41	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	32	42	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	1	atiku	atiku	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	2	alleged	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	33	3	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	33	4	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	33	5	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	33	6	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	33	7	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	8	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	33	9	that	that	DET
acarelar-5812	33	10	inec	inec	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	11	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	33	12	failure	failure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	13	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	33	14	transmit	transmit	VERB
acarelar-5812	33	15	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	16	electronically	electronically	ADV
acarelar-5812	33	17	violated	violate	VERB
acarelar-5812	33	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	33	19	provisions	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	21	the	the	PRON
acarelar-5812	33	22	*	*	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	23	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	24	c.	c.	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	25	j.	j.	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	26	ubanyionwu	ubanyionwu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	27	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	28	phd	phd	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	29	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	30	professor	professor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	31	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	32	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	33	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	34	department	department	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	36	international	international	ADJ
acarelar-5812	33	37	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	38	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	33	39	jurisprudence	jurisprudence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	40	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	41	faculty	faculty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	42	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	43	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	44	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	45	chukwuemeka	chukwuemeka	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	46	odumegwu	odumegwu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	47	ojukwu	ojukwu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	48	university	university	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	49	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	50	igbariam	igbariam	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	51	campus	campus	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	52	;	;	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	53	chairman	chairman	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	54	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	55	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	33	56	bar	bar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	57	association	association	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	58	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	59	aguata	aguata	ADJ
acarelar-5812	33	60	branch	branch	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	61	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	62	2018	2018	NUM
acarelar-5812	33	63	–	–	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	64	2020	2020	NUM
acarelar-5812	33	65	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	66	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	67	tel	tel	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	68	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	69	08036660646	08036660646	NUM
acarelar-5812	33	70	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	71	email	email	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	72	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	73	barcjuba@yahoo.com	barcjuba@yahoo.com	X
acarelar-5812	33	74	.	.	PROPN
acarelar-5812	33	75	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	33	76	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	33	77	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	78	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	33	79	no	no	INTJ
acarelar-5812	33	80	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	33	81	15	15	NUM
acarelar-5812	33	82	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	33	83	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	33	84	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	34	1	2(2019	2(2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	34	2	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	34	3	lpelr-48113(sc	lpelr-48113(sc	PROPN
acarelar-5812	34	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	34	5	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	35	1	african	african	ADJ
acarelar-5812	35	2	customary	customary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	35	3	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	35	4	religious	religious	ADJ
acarelar-5812	35	5	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	35	6	review	review	NOUN
acarelar-5812	35	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	35	8	acarelar	acarelar	ADJ
acarelar-5812	35	9	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	35	10	5	5	NUM
acarelar-5812	35	11	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	35	12	2024	2024	NUM
acarelar-5812	35	13	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	35	14	55	55	NUM
acarelar-5812	36	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	36	2	p	p	NOUN
acarelar-5812	36	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	36	4	g	g	PROPN
acarelar-5812	36	5	e	e	PROPN
acarelar-5812	36	6	electoral	electoral	PROPN
acarelar-5812	36	7	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	36	8	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	37	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	37	2	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	3	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	4	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	5	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	37	6	subsequently	subsequently	ADV
acarelar-5812	37	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	37	8	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	37	9	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	37	10	dismissed	dismiss	VERB
acarelar-5812	37	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	37	12	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	37	14	affirming	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	37	15	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	37	16	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	37	17	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	18	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	37	19	holding	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	37	20	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	37	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	37	22	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	23	failed	fail	VERB
acarelar-5812	37	24	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	37	25	provide	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	37	26	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	37	27	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	28	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	37	29	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	37	30	noncompliance	noncompliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	31	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	37	32	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	37	33	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	37	34	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	38	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	2	132(7	132(7	NUM
acarelar-5812	38	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	38	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	38	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	38	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	8	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	38	9	provides	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	38	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	38	11	any	any	DET
acarelar-5812	38	12	person	person	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	13	who	who	PRON
acarelar-5812	38	14	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	38	15	aggrieved	aggrieve	VERB
acarelar-5812	38	16	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	38	18	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	19	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	20	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	38	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	22	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	38	23	present	present	VERB
acarelar-5812	38	24	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	38	25	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	26	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	27	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	38	28	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	29	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	30	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	38	31	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	32	within	within	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	33	21	21	NUM
acarelar-5812	38	34	days	day	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	35	after	after	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	36	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	38	37	date	date	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	38	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	39	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	38	40	declaration	declaration	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	41	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	42	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	38	43	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	44	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	38	45	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	38	46	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	38	47	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	39	1	see	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	39	2	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	39	3	buhari	buhari	ADJ
acarelar-5812	39	4	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	39	5	inec3	inec3	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	6	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	39	7	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	39	8	v	v	DET
acarelar-5812	39	9	peterside.4	peterside.4	ADJ
acarelar-5812	39	10	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	11	134	134	NUM
acarelar-5812	39	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	39	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	39	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	39	15	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	16	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	39	17	outlines	outline	VERB
acarelar-5812	39	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	39	19	grounds	ground	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	20	upon	upon	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	39	21	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	39	22	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	39	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	24	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	39	25	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	39	26	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	39	27	through	through	ADP
acarelar-5812	39	28	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	39	29	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	30	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	39	31	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	39	32	corrupt	corrupt	ADJ
acarelar-5812	39	33	practices	practice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	34	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	39	35	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	39	36	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	37	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	38	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	39	39	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	39	40	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	41	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	39	42	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	39	43	disqualification	disqualification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	44	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	39	45	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	39	46	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	39	47	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	40	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	2	fayemi	fayemi	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	4	oni,5	oni,5	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	5	dr	dr	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	6	.	.	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	7	kayode	kayode	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	8	fayemi	fayemi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	40	11	action	action	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	12	congress	congress	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	15	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	40	16	acn	acn	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	17	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	40	18	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	40	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	40	20	declaration	declaration	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	21	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	22	segun	segun	ADJ
acarelar-5812	40	23	oni	oni	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	24	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	40	26	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	27	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	40	28	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	40	29	party	party	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	30	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	40	31	pdp	pdp	PROPN
acarelar-5812	40	32	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	40	33	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	34	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	40	35	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	36	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	40	37	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	40	38	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	40	39	ekiti	ekiti	ADJ
acarelar-5812	40	40	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	41	governorship	governorship	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	42	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	40	43	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	41	1	fayemi	fayemi	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	2	filed	file	VERB
acarelar-5812	41	3	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	41	4	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	5	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	6	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	41	7	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	41	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	41	9	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	10	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	41	11	marred	mar	VERB
acarelar-5812	41	12	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	41	13	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	41	14	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	41	16	vote	vote	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	17	manipulation	manipulation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	41	19	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	41	20	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	41	21	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	23	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	41	24	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	41	25	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	41	26	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	42	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	42	2	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	3	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	4	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	5	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	42	6	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	42	7	favour	favour	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	42	9	fayemi	fayemi	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	42	11	annulling	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	42	12	oni	oni	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	13	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	42	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	42	15	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	43	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	43	2	judgment	judgment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	43	3	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	43	4	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	43	5	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	43	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	43	7	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	43	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	43	9	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	43	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	43	11	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	43	12	declared	declare	VERB
acarelar-5812	43	13	fayemi	fayemi	NOUN
acarelar-5812	43	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	43	15	duly	duly	ADV
acarelar-5812	43	16	elected	elect	VERB
acarelar-5812	43	17	governor	governor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	43	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	43	19	ekiti	ekiti	PROPN
acarelar-5812	43	20	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	43	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	44	1	see	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	44	2	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	44	3	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	44	4	v.	v.	PROPN
acarelar-5812	44	5	inec.6	inec.6	PROPN
acarelar-5812	44	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	7	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	8	play	play	VERB
acarelar-5812	44	9	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	44	10	crucial	crucial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	44	11	role	role	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	44	13	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	44	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	44	15	jurisprudence	jurisprudence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	16	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	44	17	providing	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	44	18	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	44	19	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	20	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	44	21	challenging	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	44	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	44	23	validity	validity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	24	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	44	25	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	26	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	44	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	45	1	3	3	X
acarelar-5812	45	2	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	45	3	meaning	meaning	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	45	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	9	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	10	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	11	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	12	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	45	13	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	45	14	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	15	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	45	17	context	context	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	19	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	20	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	21	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	22	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	45	23	refers	refer	VERB
acarelar-5812	45	24	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	25	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	45	26	situation	situation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	27	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	45	28	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	45	29	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	45	30	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	45	31	deviations	deviation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	32	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	45	34	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	45	35	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	36	set	set	VERB
acarelar-5812	45	37	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	38	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	39	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	45	40	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	45	41	essence	essence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	42	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	43	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	45	44	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	45	45	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	46	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	45	47	met	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	45	48	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	49	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	45	50	way	way	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	51	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	45	52	does	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	45	53	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	45	54	undermine	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	45	55	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	45	56	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	57	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	45	58	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	45	59	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	45	60	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	45	61	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	46	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	46	2	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	3	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	46	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	46	5	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	46	6	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	7	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	46	8	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	46	9	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	10	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	46	11	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	46	12	invalidate	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	46	13	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	46	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	15	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	16	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	46	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	46	18	essential	essential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	46	19	elements	element	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	46	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	46	22	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	46	23	have	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	46	24	been	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	46	25	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	46	26	followed	follow	VERB
acarelar-5812	46	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	47	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	47	2	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	47	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	47	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	47	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	47	6	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	47	7	primarily	primarily	ADV
acarelar-5812	47	8	guided	guide	VERB
acarelar-5812	47	9	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	47	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	47	11	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	47	12	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	47	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	47	14	20227	20227	NUM
acarelar-5812	47	15	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	47	16	provides	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	47	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	47	18	certain	certain	ADJ
acarelar-5812	47	19	defects	defect	NOUN
acarelar-5812	47	20	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	47	21	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	47	22	invalidate	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	47	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	47	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	48	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	48	2	concept	concept	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	48	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	48	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	6	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	48	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	8	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	9	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	48	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	48	11	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	48	12	shaped	shape	VERB
acarelar-5812	48	13	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	48	14	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	48	15	combination	combination	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	48	17	statutory	statutory	ADJ
acarelar-5812	48	18	provisions	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	48	20	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	48	21	precedents	precedent	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	48	23	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	48	24	principles	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	25	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	48	26	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	48	27	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	48	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	49	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	49	2	framework	framework	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	3	aims	aim	VERB
acarelar-5812	49	4	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	49	5	ensure	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	49	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	49	7	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	49	8	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	49	9	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	10	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	49	11	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	49	12	unduly	unduly	ADV
acarelar-5812	49	13	disrupt	disrupt	VERB
acarelar-5812	49	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	49	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	49	16	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	17	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	49	18	invalidate	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	49	19	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	49	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	21	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	22	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	49	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	49	24	core	core	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	25	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	49	26	have	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	49	27	been	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	49	28	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	49	29	met	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	49	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	50	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	50	2	focus	focus	NOUN
acarelar-5812	50	3	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	50	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	50	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	50	6	emerges	emerge	VERB
acarelar-5812	50	7	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	50	8	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	50	9	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	50	10	rather	rather	ADV
acarelar-5812	50	11	than	than	ADP
acarelar-5812	50	12	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	50	13	direct	direct	ADJ
acarelar-5812	50	14	statutory	statutory	ADJ
acarelar-5812	50	15	provision	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	50	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	51	1	4	4	X
acarelar-5812	51	2	.	.	NUM
acarelar-5812	51	3	perspectives	perspective	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	51	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	51	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	51	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	51	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	51	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	12	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	51	13	aimed	aim	VERB
acarelar-5812	51	14	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	51	15	balance	balance	VERB
acarelar-5812	51	16	between	between	ADP
acarelar-5812	51	17	technical	technical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	51	18	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	19	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	51	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	51	21	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	22	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	51	23	upholding	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	51	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	51	25	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	51	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	51	28	electorate	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	29	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	51	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	51	31	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	32	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	51	33	insignificant	insignificant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	51	34	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	51	35	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	51	36	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	51	37	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	51	38	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	52	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	52	2	theories	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	5	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	6	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	52	7	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	8	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	9	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	52	10	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	52	11	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	12	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	52	13	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	52	14	follows	follow	VERB
acarelar-5812	52	15	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	52	16	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	52	17	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	52	19	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	21	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	52	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	23	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	52	24	rooted	root	VERB
acarelar-5812	52	25	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	52	27	idea	idea	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	28	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	52	29	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	30	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	52	31	primarily	primarily	ADV
acarelar-5812	52	32	about	about	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	52	34	expression	expression	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	36	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	52	37	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	38	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	52	39	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	52	40	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	52	41	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	53	1	as	as	ADV
acarelar-5812	53	2	long	long	ADV
acarelar-5812	53	3	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	53	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	53	5	core	core	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	6	objective	objective	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	53	8	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	53	9	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	53	11	that	that	ADV
acarelar-5812	53	12	is	is	ADV
acarelar-5812	53	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	53	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	53	15	reflection	reflection	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	53	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	53	18	voters	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	19	'	'	PART
acarelar-5812	53	20	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	21	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	53	22	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	53	23	met	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	53	24	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	53	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	53	26	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	27	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	53	28	overlook	overlook	VERB
acarelar-5812	53	29	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	53	30	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	53	31	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	53	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	54	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	54	2	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	54	3	promotes	promote	VERB
acarelar-5812	54	4	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	54	5	stability	stability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	54	6	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	54	7	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	54	8	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	54	9	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	54	10	every	every	DET
acarelar-5812	54	11	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	54	12	flaw	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	54	13	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	54	14	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	54	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	54	16	invalidation	invalidation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	54	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	54	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	54	19	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	54	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	55	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	55	2	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	55	3	v	v	X
acarelar-5812	55	4	inec8	inec8	PROPN
acarelar-5812	55	5	general	general	ADJ
acarelar-5812	55	6	muhammadu	muhammadu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	55	7	buhari	buhari	X
acarelar-5812	55	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	55	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	55	10	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	55	11	candidate	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	55	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	55	13	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	55	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	55	15	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	55	16	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	55	17	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	55	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	55	19	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	55	20	massive	massive	ADJ
acarelar-5812	55	21	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	55	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	56	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	56	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	56	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	56	4	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	56	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	56	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	56	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	56	8	stating	state	VERB
acarelar-5812	56	9	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	56	10	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	56	11	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	56	12	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	56	13	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	56	14	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	56	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	56	16	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	56	17	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	56	18	2006	2006	NUM
acarelar-5812	56	19	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	56	20	some	some	DET
acarelar-5812	56	21	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	56	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	57	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	57	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	57	3	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	57	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	57	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	57	6	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	57	7	must	must	AUX
acarelar-5812	57	8	prove	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	57	9	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	57	10	just	just	ADV
acarelar-5812	57	11	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	57	12	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	57	13	occurred	occur	VERB
acarelar-5812	57	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	57	15	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	57	16	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	57	17	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	57	18	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	57	19	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	57	20	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	57	21	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	57	22	have	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	57	23	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	57	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	57	25	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	57	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	57	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	57	28	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	57	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	58	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	58	2	mere	mere	ADJ
acarelar-5812	58	3	existence	existence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	58	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	58	5	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	58	6	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	58	7	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	58	8	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	58	9	overturn	overturn	VERB
acarelar-5812	58	10	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	58	11	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	58	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	59	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	2	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	59	3	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	4	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	59	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	59	6	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	8	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	59	9	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	10	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	59	11	affirmed	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	59	12	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	59	14	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	15	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	16	essential	essential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	59	17	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	59	19	stability	stability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	21	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	59	23	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	59	24	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	59	25	only	only	ADJ
acarelar-5812	59	26	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	59	27	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	28	lead	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	59	29	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	59	30	nullification	nullification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	59	31	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	60	1	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	60	2	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	60	3	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	60	4	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	60	5	posits	posit	VERB
acarelar-5812	60	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	60	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	60	8	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	60	9	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	60	10	necessary	necessary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	60	11	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	60	12	uphold	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	60	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	60	14	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	60	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	60	16	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	60	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	61	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	61	2	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	61	3	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	61	4	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	61	5	adherence	adherence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	61	6	guarantees	guarantee	VERB
acarelar-5812	61	7	fairness	fairness	NOUN
acarelar-5812	61	8	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	61	9	allows	allow	VERB
acarelar-5812	61	10	flexibility	flexibility	NOUN
acarelar-5812	61	11	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	61	12	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	61	13	deviations	deviation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	61	14	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	61	15	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	61	16	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	61	17	undermine	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	61	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	61	19	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	61	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	61	21	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	61	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	62	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	62	2	atiku	atiku	PROPN
acarelar-5812	62	3	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	62	4	v	v	PROPN
acarelar-5812	62	5	inec,9	inec,9	VERB
acarelar-5812	62	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	62	7	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	62	9	atiku	atiku	PROPN
acarelar-5812	62	10	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	62	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	62	12	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	62	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	62	14	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	62	15	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	62	16	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	17	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	62	18	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	62	19	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	62	20	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	62	21	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	23	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	62	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	62	25	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	62	26	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	27	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	62	28	particularly	particularly	ADV
acarelar-5812	62	29	concerning	concern	VERB
acarelar-5812	62	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	62	31	transmission	transmission	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	32	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	62	33	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	62	34	electronically	electronically	ADV
acarelar-5812	62	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	63	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	63	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	3	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	63	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	63	5	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	63	6	some	some	DET
acarelar-5812	63	7	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	63	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	63	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	11	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	63	12	conducted	conduct	VERB
acarelar-5812	63	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	63	14	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	63	15	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	16	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	63	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	63	18	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	63	20	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	63	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	63	22	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	23	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	63	24	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	63	25	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	63	26	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	63	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	63	28	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	63	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	64	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	64	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	3	reaffirmed	reaffirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	64	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	64	5	need	need	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	6	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	64	7	establish	establish	VERB
acarelar-5812	64	8	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	64	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	64	10	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	11	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	12	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	13	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	64	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	64	15	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	64	16	magnitude	magnitude	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	64	18	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	64	19	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	64	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	64	21	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	64	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	65	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	65	2	mere	mere	ADJ
acarelar-5812	65	3	presence	presence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	65	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	65	5	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	65	6	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	65	7	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	65	8	flaws	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	65	9	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	65	10	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	65	11	enough	enough	ADJ
acarelar-5812	65	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	66	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	66	2	judgment	judgment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	3	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	66	4	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	66	5	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	6	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB
acarelar-5812	66	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	66	8	importance	importance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	66	10	balancing	balance	VERB
acarelar-5812	66	11	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	66	12	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	13	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	66	14	practical	practical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	66	15	flexibility	flexibility	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	66	17	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	66	18	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	66	19	technicalities	technicality	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	20	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	66	21	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	66	22	nullify	nullify	VERB
acarelar-5812	66	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	66	24	genuine	genuine	ADJ
acarelar-5812	66	25	expression	expression	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	66	27	voters	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	28	'	'	PART
acarelar-5812	66	29	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	66	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	1	3	3	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	3	2008	2008	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	5	19	19	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	67	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	8	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	67	9	1120	1120	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	11	246	246	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	12	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	67	13	4	4	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	14	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	15	2015	2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	17	17	17	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	18	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	67	19	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	20	pt	pt	X
acarelar-5812	67	21	1485	1485	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	22	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	67	23	209	209	NUM
acarelar-5812	67	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	1	5(2010	5(2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	2	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	3	17	17	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	4	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	5	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	6	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	68	7	1222	1222	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	8	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	9	326	326	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	10	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	11	6	6	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	12	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	13	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	14	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	15	11	11	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	16	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	17	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	18	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	19	1046	1046	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	20	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	21	565	565	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	22	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	68	23	7	7	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	24	see	see	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	25	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	26	135	135	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	27	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	68	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	68	29	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	68	30	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	31	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	32	no	no	INTJ
acarelar-5812	68	33	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	68	34	15	15	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	68	36	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	68	37	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	68	38	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	69	1	8	8	NUM
acarelar-5812	69	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	69	3	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	69	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	69	5	8	8	NUM
acarelar-5812	69	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	69	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	69	8	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	69	9	1674	1674	NUM
acarelar-5812	69	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	69	11	217	217	NUM
acarelar-5812	69	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	70	1	9	9	NUM
acarelar-5812	70	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	70	3	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	70	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	70	5	5	5	NUM
acarelar-5812	70	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	70	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	70	8	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	70	9	1670	1670	NUM
acarelar-5812	70	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	70	11	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	70	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	71	1	ubanyionwu	ubanyionwu	ADJ
acarelar-5812	71	2	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	71	3	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	71	4	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	71	5	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	71	6	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	71	7	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	71	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	71	9	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	71	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	71	11	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	71	12	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	71	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	71	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	71	15	56	56	NUM
acarelar-5812	72	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	72	2	p	p	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	72	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	6	materiality	materiality	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	7	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	72	8	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	9	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	72	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	72	11	materiality	materiality	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	72	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	72	14	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	15	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	16	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	72	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	73	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	73	2	asks	ask	VERB
acarelar-5812	73	3	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	73	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	73	5	irregularity	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	73	6	materially	materially	ADV
acarelar-5812	73	7	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	73	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	73	9	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	73	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	73	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	73	12	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	73	13	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	74	1	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	74	2	focus	focus	VERB
acarelar-5812	74	3	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	74	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	74	5	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	74	6	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	74	7	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	74	8	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	74	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	74	10	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	74	11	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	74	12	proven	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	74	13	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	74	14	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	74	15	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	74	16	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	74	17	immaterial	immaterial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	74	18	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	74	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	74	20	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	74	21	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	74	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	74	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	74	24	stands	stand	VERB
acarelar-5812	74	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	75	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	75	2	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	75	3	v	v	NUM
acarelar-5812	75	4	peterside,10	peterside,10	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	5	nyesom	nyesom	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	6	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	75	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	75	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	75	9	governor	governor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	75	11	rivers	river	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	12	state	state	PROPN
acarelar-5812	75	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	75	14	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	75	15	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	75	16	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	75	17	dakuku	dakuku	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	18	peterside	peterside	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	19	over	over	ADP
acarelar-5812	75	20	alleged	alleged	ADJ
acarelar-5812	75	21	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	75	22	violence	violence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	75	24	ballot	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	25	snatching	snatching	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	26	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	75	27	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	75	28	voter	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	29	intimidation	intimidation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	30	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	75	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	75	32	2015	2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	75	33	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	75	34	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	75	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	76	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	76	2	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	76	3	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	76	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	76	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	76	6	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	76	7	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	76	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	76	9	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	76	10	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	76	11	reversed	reverse	VERB
acarelar-5812	76	12	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	76	13	decision	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	76	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	76	15	holding	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	76	16	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	76	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	76	18	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	76	19	failed	fail	VERB
acarelar-5812	76	20	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	76	21	prove	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	76	22	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	76	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	76	24	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	76	25	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	76	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	76	27	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	76	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	77	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	77	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	77	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	77	4	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	77	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	77	6	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	77	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	77	8	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	77	9	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	77	10	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	77	11	invalidated	invalidated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	77	12	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	77	13	every	every	DET
acarelar-5812	77	14	irregularity	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	77	15	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	78	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	78	2	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	78	3	must	must	AUX
acarelar-5812	78	4	show	show	VERB
acarelar-5812	78	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	78	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	78	7	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	78	8	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	78	9	so	so	ADV
acarelar-5812	78	10	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	78	11	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	78	12	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	78	13	materially	materially	ADV
acarelar-5812	78	14	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	78	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	78	16	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	78	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	79	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	79	2	decision	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	79	3	stresses	stress	VERB
acarelar-5812	79	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	79	5	materiality	materiality	NOUN
acarelar-5812	79	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	79	7	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	79	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	79	9	reinforcing	reinforce	VERB
acarelar-5812	79	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	79	11	only	only	ADV
acarelar-5812	79	12	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	79	13	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	79	14	impacting	impact	VERB
acarelar-5812	79	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	79	16	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	79	17	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	79	18	justify	justify	VERB
acarelar-5812	79	19	nullification	nullification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	79	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	80	1	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	80	2	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	80	3	punitive	punitive	ADJ
acarelar-5812	80	4	approach	approach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	5	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	80	6	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	7	suggests	suggest	VERB
acarelar-5812	80	8	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	80	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	80	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	80	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	12	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	13	prevents	prevent	VERB
acarelar-5812	80	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	80	15	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	16	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	80	17	adopting	adopt	VERB
acarelar-5812	80	18	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	80	19	punitive	punitive	ADJ
acarelar-5812	80	20	approach	approach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	21	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	80	22	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	23	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	80	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	81	1	rather	rather	ADV
acarelar-5812	81	2	than	than	ADP
acarelar-5812	81	3	focusing	focus	VERB
acarelar-5812	81	4	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	81	5	penalizing	penalize	VERB
acarelar-5812	81	6	every	every	DET
acarelar-5812	81	7	breach	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	81	9	procedure	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	81	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	81	12	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	13	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	81	14	focus	focus	VERB
acarelar-5812	81	15	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	81	16	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	81	17	justice	justice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	18	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	81	19	done	do	VERB
acarelar-5812	81	20	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	81	21	that	that	ADV
acarelar-5812	81	22	is	is	ADV
acarelar-5812	81	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	81	24	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	81	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	81	26	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	27	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	28	truly	truly	ADV
acarelar-5812	81	29	reflects	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	81	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	81	31	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	32	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	81	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	81	34	electorates	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	81	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	82	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	82	2	oshiomhole	oshiomhole	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	3	v	v	NUM
acarelar-5812	82	4	inec,11	inec,11	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	5	adams	adams	PROPN
acarelar-5812	82	6	oshiomhole	oshiomhole	PROPN
acarelar-5812	82	7	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	82	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	82	9	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	82	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	82	12	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	82	13	edo	edo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	82	14	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	15	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	82	16	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	17	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	82	18	citing	cite	VERB
acarelar-5812	82	19	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	82	20	rigging	rigging	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	21	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	82	22	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	82	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	83	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	83	2	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	3	found	find	VERB
acarelar-5812	83	4	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	83	5	his	his	PRON
acarelar-5812	83	6	favour	favour	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	83	8	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	83	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	83	10	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	83	12	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	13	affirmed	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	83	14	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	83	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	83	16	holding	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	83	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	83	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	83	19	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	20	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	21	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	22	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	83	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	83	24	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	83	25	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	26	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	83	27	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	83	28	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	83	29	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	83	30	have	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	83	31	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	83	32	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	83	33	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	83	34	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	84	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	84	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	84	3	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	84	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	84	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	84	6	purpose	purpose	NOUN
acarelar-5812	84	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	84	8	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	84	9	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	84	10	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	84	11	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	84	12	punitive	punitive	ADJ
acarelar-5812	84	13	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	84	14	corrective	corrective	ADJ
acarelar-5812	84	15	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	85	1	thus	thus	ADV
acarelar-5812	85	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	85	3	only	only	ADV
acarelar-5812	85	4	when	when	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	85	5	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	85	6	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	85	7	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	85	8	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	85	9	affects	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	85	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	85	11	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	85	12	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	85	13	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	85	14	lead	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	85	15	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	85	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	85	17	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	85	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	85	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	85	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	85	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	86	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	86	2	judgment	judgment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	3	illustrates	illustrate	VERB
acarelar-5812	86	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	86	5	nonpunitive	nonpunitive	PROPN
acarelar-5812	86	6	perspective	perspective	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	86	8	affirming	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	86	9	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	86	10	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	11	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	86	12	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	86	13	annul	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	86	14	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	15	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	86	16	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	86	17	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	86	18	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	19	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	86	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	86	21	breach	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	22	distorts	distort	VERB
acarelar-5812	86	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	86	24	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	86	25	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	86	26	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	87	1	voter	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	2	representation	representation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	3	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	87	4	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	5	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	87	6	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	87	7	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	87	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	87	9	understanding	understanding	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	87	11	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	12	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	87	13	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	87	14	means	means	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	15	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	87	16	represent	represent	VERB
acarelar-5812	87	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	87	18	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	19	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	87	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	87	21	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	87	23	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	87	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	87	25	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	87	26	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	27	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	28	ensures	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	87	29	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	87	30	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	87	31	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	32	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	87	33	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	87	34	obstruct	obstruct	VERB
acarelar-5812	87	35	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	87	36	representation	representation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	87	37	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	88	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	88	2	focuses	focus	VERB
acarelar-5812	88	3	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	88	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	88	5	fairness	fairness	NOUN
acarelar-5812	88	6	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	88	7	transparency	transparency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	88	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	88	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	88	10	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	88	11	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	88	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	89	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	89	2	inec	inec	PROPN
acarelar-5812	89	3	v	v	PROPN
acarelar-5812	89	4	oguebego,12	oguebego,12	NOUN
acarelar-5812	89	5	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	89	6	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	89	7	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	89	8	dispute	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	89	9	regarding	regard	VERB
acarelar-5812	89	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	89	11	authenticity	authenticity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	89	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	89	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	89	14	list	list	NOUN
acarelar-5812	89	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	89	16	candidates	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	89	17	submitted	submit	VERB
acarelar-5812	89	18	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	89	19	political	political	ADJ
acarelar-5812	89	20	parties	party	NOUN
acarelar-5812	89	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	90	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	90	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	90	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	90	4	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	90	6	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	90	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	90	8	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	9	allowed	allow	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	90	11	electorates	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	12	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	90	13	express	express	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	14	their	their	PRON
acarelar-5812	90	15	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	90	17	even	even	ADV
acarelar-5812	90	18	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	90	19	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	90	20	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	21	disputes	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	22	over	over	ADP
acarelar-5812	90	23	party	party	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	24	nominations	nomination	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	25	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	90	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	90	27	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	28	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	29	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	90	30	stand	stand	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	31	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	90	32	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	90	33	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	34	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	90	36	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	90	37	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	38	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	39	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	40	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	90	41	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	90	42	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	90	43	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	90	44	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	91	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	91	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	91	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	91	4	reinforced	reinforce	VERB
acarelar-5812	91	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	91	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	91	7	primary	primary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	91	8	concern	concern	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	91	10	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	91	11	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	12	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	91	13	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	91	14	reflect	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	91	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	91	16	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	91	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	91	19	electorates	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	20	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	91	21	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	91	22	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	91	23	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	24	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	91	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	91	26	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	27	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	91	28	candidate	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	29	nomination	nomination	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	30	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	91	31	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	91	32	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	91	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	91	34	expression	expression	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	91	36	voters	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	37	'	'	PART
acarelar-5812	91	38	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	91	39	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	92	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	92	2	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	3	highlights	highlight	VERB
acarelar-5812	92	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	92	5	significance	significance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	92	7	voter	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	8	representation	representation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	92	10	underscoring	underscore	VERB
acarelar-5812	92	11	that	that	DET
acarelar-5812	92	12	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	92	13	flaws	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	14	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	92	15	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	92	16	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	92	17	distort	distort	VERB
acarelar-5812	92	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	92	19	electorate	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	20	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	92	21	intent	intent	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	22	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	92	23	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	92	24	invalidate	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	92	25	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	92	26	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	93	1	5	5	X
acarelar-5812	93	2	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	93	3	history	history	NOUN
acarelar-5812	93	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	93	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	93	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	93	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	93	8	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	93	9	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	93	10	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	93	11	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	93	12	below	below	ADV
acarelar-5812	93	13	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	93	14	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	93	15	outline	outline	NOUN
acarelar-5812	93	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	93	17	its	its	PRON
acarelar-5812	93	18	historical	historical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	93	19	evolution	evolution	NOUN
acarelar-5812	93	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	94	1	early	early	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	2	development	development	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	3	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	94	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	94	5	pre	pre	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	6	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	7	independence	independence	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	8	era	era	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	9	before	before	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	94	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	94	11	gained	gain	VERB
acarelar-5812	94	12	independence	independence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	94	14	1960	1960	NUM
acarelar-5812	94	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	94	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	94	17	country	country	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	18	operated	operate	VERB
acarelar-5812	94	19	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	94	20	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	94	21	colonial	colonial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	22	system	system	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	94	24	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	94	25	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	26	largely	largely	ADV
acarelar-5812	94	27	conducted	conduct	VERB
acarelar-5812	94	28	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	94	29	british	british	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	30	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	94	31	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	94	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	95	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	95	2	idea	idea	NOUN
acarelar-5812	95	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	95	4	strict	strict	ADJ
acarelar-5812	95	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	95	6	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	95	7	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	95	8	procedures	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	95	9	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	95	10	predominant	predominant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	95	11	during	during	ADP
acarelar-5812	95	12	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	95	13	time	time	NOUN
acarelar-5812	95	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	96	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	96	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	96	3	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	96	4	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	96	5	no	no	DET
acarelar-5812	96	6	formal	formal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	96	7	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	96	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	96	9	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	96	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	96	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	96	12	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	96	13	any	any	DET
acarelar-5812	96	14	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	96	15	breach	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	96	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	96	17	procedure	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	96	18	could	could	AUX
acarelar-5812	96	19	lead	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	96	20	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	96	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	96	22	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	96	23	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	96	24	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	96	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	97	1	before	before	ADP
acarelar-5812	97	2	independence	independence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	97	3	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	97	4	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	97	5	followed	follow	VERB
acarelar-5812	97	6	strict	strict	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	7	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	8	formalism	formalism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	97	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	97	10	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	97	11	little	little	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	12	room	room	NOUN
acarelar-5812	97	13	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	97	14	flexible	flexible	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	15	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	97	16	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	17	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	97	18	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	19	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	97	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	97	21	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	97	22	disputes	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	97	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	98	1	post	post	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	2	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	3	independence	independence	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	4	era	era	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	5	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	98	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	98	7	emergence	emergence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	98	9	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	11	after	after	ADP
acarelar-5812	98	12	independence	independence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	98	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	98	15	adopted	adopt	VERB
acarelar-5812	98	16	its	its	PRON
acarelar-5812	98	17	own	own	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	18	constitution	constitution	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	19	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	98	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	21	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	98	23	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	98	24	gradually	gradually	ADV
acarelar-5812	98	25	moved	move	VERB
acarelar-5812	98	26	away	away	ADV
acarelar-5812	98	27	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	98	28	rigid	rigid	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	29	adherence	adherence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	30	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	98	31	technical	technical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	98	32	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	98	33	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	99	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	99	2	focus	focus	NOUN
acarelar-5812	99	3	shifted	shift	VERB
acarelar-5812	99	4	towards	towards	ADP
acarelar-5812	99	5	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	99	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	99	7	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	99	8	reflected	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	99	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	99	10	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	99	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	99	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	99	13	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	99	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	99	15	even	even	ADV
acarelar-5812	99	16	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	99	17	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	99	18	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	99	19	occurred	occur	VERB
acarelar-5812	99	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	100	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	100	2	era	era	NOUN
acarelar-5812	100	3	saw	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	100	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	100	5	first	first	ADJ
acarelar-5812	100	6	signs	sign	NOUN
acarelar-5812	100	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	100	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	100	9	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	100	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	100	11	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	100	12	taking	take	VERB
acarelar-5812	100	13	shape	shape	NOUN
acarelar-5812	100	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	101	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	2	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	3	v	v	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	4	shagari,13	shagari,13	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	5	chief	chief	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	6	obafemi	obafemi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	7	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	8	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	101	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	101	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	12	shehu	shehu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	13	shagari	shagari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	14	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	15	president	president	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	17	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	18	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	19	1979	1979	NUM
acarelar-5812	101	20	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	101	21	arguing	argue	VERB
acarelar-5812	101	22	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	101	23	shagari	shagari	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	24	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	101	25	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	101	26	meet	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	101	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	101	28	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
acarelar-5812	101	29	requirement	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	30	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	31	securing	secure	VERB
acarelar-5812	101	32	onequarter	onequarter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	33	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	34	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	101	35	votes	vote	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	36	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	37	two	two	NUM
acarelar-5812	101	38	-	-	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	101	39	thirds	third	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	40	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	101	41	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	101	42	’s	’	VERB
acarelar-5812	101	43	then	then	ADV
acarelar-5812	101	44	19	19	NUM
acarelar-5812	101	45	states	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	101	46	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	102	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	102	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	102	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	102	4	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	102	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	102	6	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	102	7	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	102	8	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	102	9	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	102	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	102	11	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	102	12	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	102	13	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	102	14	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	102	15	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	102	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	102	17	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	102	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	102	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	102	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	102	21	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	102	22	thus	thus	ADV
acarelar-5812	102	23	affirming	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	102	24	shagari	shagari	NOUN
acarelar-5812	102	25	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	102	26	victory	victory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	102	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	103	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	103	2	landmark	landmark	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	3	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	4	marked	mark	VERB
acarelar-5812	103	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	103	6	beginning	beginning	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	103	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	103	9	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	103	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	11	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	103	13	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	103	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	103	15	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	16	moved	move	VERB
acarelar-5812	103	17	away	away	ADV
acarelar-5812	103	18	from	from	ADP
acarelar-5812	103	19	strict	strict	ADJ
acarelar-5812	103	20	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	103	21	formalism	formalism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	22	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	103	23	began	begin	VERB
acarelar-5812	103	24	emphasizing	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	103	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	103	26	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	103	27	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	28	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	103	29	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	103	30	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	103	31	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	32	over	over	ADP
acarelar-5812	103	33	technical	technical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	103	34	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	103	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	1	10	10	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	3	2016	2016	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	5	7	7	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	104	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	8	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	104	9	1512	1512	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	11	452	452	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	12	.	.	SYM
acarelar-5812	104	13	11	11	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	14	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	15	2009	2009	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	17	4	4	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	18	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	104	19	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	20	pt	pt	X
acarelar-5812	104	21	1132	1132	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	22	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	23	607	607	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	25	12	12	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	26	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	27	2015	2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	28	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	29	18	18	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	30	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	104	31	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	32	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	104	33	1491	1491	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	34	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	35	273	273	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	36	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	104	37	13	13	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	38	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	39	1979	1979	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	40	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	104	41	6	6	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	42	-	-	SYM
acarelar-5812	104	43	9	9	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	44	sc	sc	NOUN
acarelar-5812	104	45	51	51	NUM
acarelar-5812	104	46	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	105	1	african	african	ADJ
acarelar-5812	105	2	customary	customary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	105	3	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	105	4	religious	religious	ADJ
acarelar-5812	105	5	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	105	6	review	review	NOUN
acarelar-5812	105	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	105	8	acarelar	acarelar	ADJ
acarelar-5812	105	9	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	105	10	5	5	NUM
acarelar-5812	105	11	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	105	12	2024	2024	NUM
acarelar-5812	105	13	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	105	14	57	57	NUM
acarelar-5812	106	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	106	2	p	p	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	106	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	6	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	106	8	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	106	9	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	10	gains	gain	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	11	prominence	prominence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	106	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	106	14	1999	1999	NUM
acarelar-5812	106	15	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	106	16	transition	transition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	17	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	106	18	following	follow	VERB
acarelar-5812	106	19	years	year	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	106	21	military	military	ADJ
acarelar-5812	106	22	rule	rule	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	106	24	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	106	25	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	106	26	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	106	27	system	system	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	28	underwent	undergo	VERB
acarelar-5812	106	29	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	106	30	reforms	reform	NOUN
acarelar-5812	106	31	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	107	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	107	2	1999	1999	NUM
acarelar-5812	107	3	constitution14	constitution14	NOUN
acarelar-5812	107	4	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	107	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	107	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	107	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	107	8	2002	2002	NUM
acarelar-5812	107	9	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	107	10	introduced	introduce	VERB
acarelar-5812	107	11	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	107	12	guide	guide	VERB
acarelar-5812	107	13	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	107	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	108	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	108	2	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	108	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	108	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	6	began	begin	VERB
acarelar-5812	108	7	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	108	8	feature	feature	VERB
acarelar-5812	108	9	more	more	ADV
acarelar-5812	108	10	prominently	prominently	ADV
acarelar-5812	108	11	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	108	12	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	108	13	decisions	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	14	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	108	15	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	16	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	108	17	tasked	task	VERB
acarelar-5812	108	18	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	108	19	interpreting	interpret	VERB
acarelar-5812	108	20	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	108	21	new	new	ADJ
acarelar-5812	108	22	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	23	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	108	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	108	25	context	context	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	108	27	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	108	28	disputes	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	108	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	109	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	109	2	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	109	4	obasanjo,15	obasanjo,15	NUM
acarelar-5812	109	5	muhammadu	muhammadu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	109	6	buhari	buhari	X
acarelar-5812	109	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	109	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	109	9	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	109	10	candidate	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	109	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	109	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	109	13	all	all	PRON
acarelar-5812	109	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	15	peoples	peoples	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	16	party	party	NOUN
acarelar-5812	109	17	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	109	18	anpp	anpp	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	19	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	109	20	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	109	21	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	109	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	109	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	109	24	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	109	25	president	president	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	26	olusegun	olusegun	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	27	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	109	28	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	109	29	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	109	30	2003	2003	NUM
acarelar-5812	109	31	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	109	32	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	109	33	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	109	34	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	109	35	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	109	36	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	110	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	110	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	110	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	110	4	upheld	upheld	PROPN
acarelar-5812	110	5	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	110	6	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	110	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	110	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	110	9	holding	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	110	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	110	11	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	110	12	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	110	13	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	110	14	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	110	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	110	16	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	110	17	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	110	18	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	110	19	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	110	20	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	110	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	110	22	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	110	23	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	110	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	111	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	111	2	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	3	solidified	solidify	VERB
acarelar-5812	111	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	111	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	111	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	7	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	111	9	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	111	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	111	11	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	12	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	111	13	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	111	14	only	only	ADV
acarelar-5812	111	15	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	16	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	111	17	significantly	significantly	ADV
acarelar-5812	111	18	impacted	impact	VERB
acarelar-5812	111	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	111	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	21	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	22	could	could	AUX
acarelar-5812	111	23	warrant	warrant	VERB
acarelar-5812	111	24	nullification	nullification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	25	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	111	26	emphasizing	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	111	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	111	28	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	29	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	111	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	111	31	electorates	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	32	over	over	ADP
acarelar-5812	111	33	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	111	34	defects	defect	NOUN
acarelar-5812	111	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	112	1	refinement	refinement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	2	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	112	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	112	4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	5	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	112	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	112	7	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	112	8	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	9	2010	2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	112	10	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	112	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	112	12	introduction	introduction	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	112	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	112	15	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	112	16	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	17	2010	2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	112	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	112	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	112	20	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	112	21	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	22	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	23	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	112	24	given	give	VERB
acarelar-5812	112	25	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	112	26	clearer	clear	ADJ
acarelar-5812	112	27	statutory	statutory	ADJ
acarelar-5812	112	28	basis	basis	NOUN
acarelar-5812	112	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	113	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	113	2	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	3	specified	specify	VERB
acarelar-5812	113	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	113	5	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	113	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	7	would	would	AUX
acarelar-5812	113	8	only	only	ADV
acarelar-5812	113	9	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	113	10	invalidated	invalidated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	113	11	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	113	12	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	13	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	14	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	15	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	113	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	113	17	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	18	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	113	19	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	113	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	113	21	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	113	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	114	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	114	2	marked	mark	VERB
acarelar-5812	114	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	114	4	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	114	5	turning	turning	NOUN
acarelar-5812	114	6	point	point	NOUN
acarelar-5812	114	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	114	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	114	9	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	114	10	treatment	treatment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	114	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	114	12	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	114	13	disputes	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	114	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	115	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	2	139(1)16	139(1)16	NUM
acarelar-5812	115	3	provides	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	115	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	115	5	no	no	DET
acarelar-5812	115	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	7	shall	shall	AUX
acarelar-5812	115	8	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	115	9	invalidated	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	115	10	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	115	11	reason	reason	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	115	13	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	14	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	15	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	16	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	115	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	115	18	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	115	19	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	20	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	115	21	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	115	22	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	115	23	proven	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	115	24	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	115	25	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	115	26	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	115	27	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	28	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	29	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	115	30	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	115	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	115	32	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	33	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	115	34	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	115	35	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	115	36	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	116	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	116	2	inclusion	inclusion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	116	4	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	116	5	provision	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	6	codified	codify	VERB
acarelar-5812	116	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	116	8	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	116	9	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	10	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	116	12	shifting	shift	VERB
acarelar-5812	116	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	116	14	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	116	16	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	17	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	116	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	116	19	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	20	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	116	21	demonstrate	demonstrate	VERB
acarelar-5812	116	22	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	116	23	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	24	materially	materially	ADV
acarelar-5812	116	25	impacted	impact	VERB
acarelar-5812	116	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	116	27	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	116	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	117	1	post-2010	post-2010	ADJ
acarelar-5812	117	2	period	period	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	3	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	117	4	greater	great	ADJ
acarelar-5812	117	5	reliance	reliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	6	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	117	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	117	8	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	9	following	follow	VERB
acarelar-5812	117	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	117	11	2010	2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	117	12	electoral	electoral	PROPN
acarelar-5812	117	13	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	117	14	amendment	amendment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	117	16	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	17	increasingly	increasingly	ADV
acarelar-5812	117	18	relied	rely	VERB
acarelar-5812	117	19	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	117	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	117	21	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	117	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	23	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	24	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	117	25	adjudicate	adjudicate	VERB
acarelar-5812	117	26	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	117	27	disputes	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	117	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	118	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	118	2	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	118	3	became	become	VERB
acarelar-5812	118	4	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	118	5	safeguard	safeguard	NOUN
acarelar-5812	118	6	against	against	ADP
acarelar-5812	118	7	annulling	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	118	8	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	118	9	over	over	ADP
acarelar-5812	118	10	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	118	11	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	118	12	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	118	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	118	14	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	118	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	118	16	stability	stability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	118	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	118	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	118	19	political	political	ADJ
acarelar-5812	118	20	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	118	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	119	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	119	2	oshiomhole	oshiomhole	NOUN
acarelar-5812	119	3	v	v	NUM
acarelar-5812	119	4	inec,17	inec,17	NOUN
acarelar-5812	119	5	adams	adams	PROPN
acarelar-5812	119	6	oshiomhole	oshiomhole	PROPN
acarelar-5812	119	7	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	119	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	119	9	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	119	10	edo	edo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	119	11	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	119	12	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	119	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	119	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	119	15	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	119	16	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	119	17	rigging	rigging	NOUN
acarelar-5812	119	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	120	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	120	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	120	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	120	4	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	120	5	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	120	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	120	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	120	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	120	9	finding	find	VERB
acarelar-5812	120	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	120	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	120	12	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	120	13	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	120	14	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	120	15	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	120	16	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	120	17	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	120	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	120	19	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	120	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	121	1	oshiomhole	oshiomhole	NOUN
acarelar-5812	121	2	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	121	3	declared	declare	VERB
acarelar-5812	121	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	121	5	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	121	6	after	after	ADP
acarelar-5812	121	7	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	121	8	re	re	ADJ
acarelar-5812	121	9	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	121	10	run	run	ADJ
acarelar-5812	121	11	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	121	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	122	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	122	2	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	3	exemplifies	exemplify	VERB
acarelar-5812	122	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	122	5	application	application	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	122	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	122	8	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	122	10	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	122	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	122	12	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	13	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB
acarelar-5812	122	14	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	122	15	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	122	16	all	all	DET
acarelar-5812	122	17	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	18	warrant	warrant	VERB
acarelar-5812	122	19	annulment	annulment	ADJ
acarelar-5812	122	20	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	122	21	determined	determine	VERB
acarelar-5812	122	22	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	122	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	122	24	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	25	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	122	26	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	122	27	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	122	28	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	122	29	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	122	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	123	1	modern	modern	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	2	application	application	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	3	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	123	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	6	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	123	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	123	8	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	123	9	general	general	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	10	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	123	12	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	123	13	general	general	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	14	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	15	saw	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	123	16	further	further	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	17	reliance	reliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	18	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	123	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	123	20	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	21	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	123	22	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	23	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	24	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	123	25	particularly	particularly	ADV
acarelar-5812	123	26	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	123	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	123	28	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	123	29	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	30	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	123	31	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	124	1	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	2	used	use	VERB
acarelar-5812	124	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	124	4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	5	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	124	6	uphold	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	124	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	124	8	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	124	10	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	11	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	124	12	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	124	14	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	124	15	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	124	17	focusing	focus	VERB
acarelar-5812	124	18	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	124	19	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	124	20	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	124	21	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	22	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	124	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	124	24	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	124	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	125	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	125	2	atiku	atiku	ADJ
acarelar-5812	125	3	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	125	4	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	125	5	inec,18	inec,18	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	6	atiku	atiku	PROPN
acarelar-5812	125	7	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	125	8	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	125	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	125	10	victory	victory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	125	12	president	president	PROPN
acarelar-5812	125	13	muhammadu	muhammadu	VERB
acarelar-5812	125	14	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	125	15	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	125	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	125	17	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	125	18	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	125	20	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	125	21	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	22	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	125	23	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	125	24	failure	failure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	25	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	125	26	electronically	electronically	ADV
acarelar-5812	125	27	transmit	transmit	VERB
acarelar-5812	125	28	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	29	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	125	30	voter	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	31	suppression	suppression	NOUN
acarelar-5812	125	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	126	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	126	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	126	3	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	126	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	126	5	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	126	6	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	126	7	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	126	8	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	126	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	126	10	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	126	11	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	126	12	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	126	13	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	126	14	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	126	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	126	16	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	126	17	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	126	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	127	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	127	2	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	3	reaffirms	reaffirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	127	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	127	5	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	6	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	127	7	reliance	reliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	8	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	127	9	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	127	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	127	12	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	127	13	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	127	14	dismissed	dismiss	VERB
acarelar-5812	127	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	127	16	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	17	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	127	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	127	19	grounds	ground	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	20	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	127	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	127	22	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	23	cited	cite	VERB
acarelar-5812	127	24	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	127	25	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	127	26	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	127	27	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	127	28	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	127	29	alter	alter	VERB
acarelar-5812	127	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	127	31	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	32	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	127	33	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	128	1	recent	recent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	2	legislative	legislative	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	3	reforms	reform	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	4	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	128	5	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	6	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	7	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	128	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	128	9	enactment	enactment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	128	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	128	12	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	13	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	128	14	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	128	15	introduced	introduce	VERB
acarelar-5812	128	16	several	several	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	17	reforms	reform	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	18	aimed	aim	VERB
acarelar-5812	128	19	at	at	ADP
acarelar-5812	128	20	addressing	address	VERB
acarelar-5812	128	21	issues	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	22	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	128	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	128	24	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	25	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	26	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	128	27	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	128	28	electronic	electronic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	29	transmission	transmission	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	30	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	128	31	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	32	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	128	33	improved	improved	ADJ
acarelar-5812	128	34	safeguards	safeguard	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	35	against	against	ADP
acarelar-5812	128	36	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	128	37	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	129	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	129	2	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	129	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	129	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	6	continues	continue	VERB
acarelar-5812	129	7	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	129	8	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	129	9	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	129	10	key	key	ADJ
acarelar-5812	129	11	aspect	aspect	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	129	13	resolving	resolve	VERB
acarelar-5812	129	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	129	15	disputes	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	129	17	though	though	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	129	18	recent	recent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	129	19	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	129	20	reforms	reform	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	21	aim	aim	VERB
acarelar-5812	129	22	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	129	23	reduce	reduce	VERB
acarelar-5812	129	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	129	25	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	129	27	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	28	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	129	29	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	129	30	first	first	ADJ
acarelar-5812	129	31	place	place	NOUN
acarelar-5812	129	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	130	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	2	13419	13419	NUM
acarelar-5812	130	3	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	130	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	130	5	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	130	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	7	will	will	AUX
acarelar-5812	130	8	only	only	ADV
acarelar-5812	130	9	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	130	10	invalidated	invalidated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	130	11	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	130	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	130	13	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	14	proves	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	130	15	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	130	16	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	17	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	18	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	130	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	130	20	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	21	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	130	22	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB
acarelar-5812	130	23	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	130	24	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	130	25	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	130	26	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	27	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	28	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	130	29	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	130	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	130	31	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	32	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	130	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	130	34	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	130	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	131	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	131	2	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	131	3	introduces	introduce	VERB
acarelar-5812	131	4	new	new	ADJ
acarelar-5812	131	5	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	6	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	131	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	131	8	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	131	10	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	11	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	131	12	transmission	transmission	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	131	14	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	131	16	aiming	aim	VERB
acarelar-5812	131	17	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	131	18	minimize	minimize	VERB
acarelar-5812	131	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	131	20	likelihood	likelihood	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	21	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	131	22	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	131	23	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	131	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	132	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	132	2	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	132	3	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	132	4	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	5	continues	continue	VERB
acarelar-5812	132	6	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	132	7	uphold	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	132	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	132	9	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	132	11	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	132	12	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	132	14	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	132	15	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	132	16	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	132	17	stronger	strong	ADJ
acarelar-5812	132	18	emphasis	emphasis	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	19	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	132	20	technological	technological	ADJ
acarelar-5812	132	21	transparency	transparency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	22	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	132	23	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	132	24	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	25	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	132	26	reflecting	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	132	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	132	28	evolving	evolve	VERB
acarelar-5812	132	29	nature	nature	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	30	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	132	31	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	132	32	processes	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	132	33	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	132	34	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	132	35	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	133	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	133	2	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	133	3	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	5	continues	continue	VERB
acarelar-5812	133	6	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	133	7	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	133	8	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	133	9	crucial	crucial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	133	10	tool	tool	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	11	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	133	12	preserving	preserve	VERB
acarelar-5812	133	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	133	14	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	133	16	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	17	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	133	18	maintaining	maintain	VERB
acarelar-5812	133	19	stability	stability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	133	21	governance	governance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	133	23	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	133	24	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	25	applying	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	133	26	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	133	27	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	133	28	ensure	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	133	29	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	133	30	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	133	31	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	32	reflect	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	133	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	133	34	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	133	36	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	133	37	electorate	electorate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	38	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	133	39	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	133	40	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	133	41	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	134	1	14	14	NUM
acarelar-5812	134	2	constitution	constitution	NOUN
acarelar-5812	134	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	134	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	134	5	federal	federal	PROPN
acarelar-5812	134	6	republic	republic	PROPN
acarelar-5812	134	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	134	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	134	9	1999	1999	NUM
acarelar-5812	134	10	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	134	11	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	134	12	amended	amend	VERB
acarelar-5812	134	13	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	134	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	1	15	15	NUM
acarelar-5812	135	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	3	2005	2005	NUM
acarelar-5812	135	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	5	2	2	NUM
acarelar-5812	135	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	135	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	8	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	135	9	910	910	NOUN
acarelar-5812	135	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	11	241	241	NUM
acarelar-5812	135	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	13	16	16	NUM
acarelar-5812	135	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	135	15	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	135	16	2010	2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	135	17	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	18	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	135	19	amended	amend	VERB
acarelar-5812	135	20	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	135	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	1	17	17	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	3	2009	2009	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	5	4	4	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	136	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	8	pt	pt	X
acarelar-5812	136	9	1132	1132	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	11	607	607	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	13	18	18	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	14	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	15	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	17	5	5	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	18	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	136	19	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	20	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	136	21	1674	1674	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	22	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	136	23	217	217	NUM
acarelar-5812	136	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	137	1	19electoral	19electoral	NUM
acarelar-5812	137	2	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	137	3	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	137	4	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	138	1	ubanyionwu	ubanyionwu	ADJ
acarelar-5812	138	2	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	138	3	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	138	4	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	138	5	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	138	6	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	138	7	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	138	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	138	9	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	138	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	138	11	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	138	12	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	138	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	138	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	138	15	58	58	NUM
acarelar-5812	139	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	139	2	p	p	ADP
acarelar-5812	139	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	139	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	139	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	139	6	6	6	NUM
acarelar-5812	139	7	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	140	1	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	2	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	140	3	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	140	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	140	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	7	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	8	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	140	10	ambiguity	ambiguity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	11	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	140	13	definition	definition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	15	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	140	16	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	17	one	one	NUM
acarelar-5812	140	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	140	20	most	most	ADV
acarelar-5812	140	21	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	140	22	issues	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	23	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	24	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	140	25	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	26	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	27	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	140	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	140	29	lack	lack	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	30	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	31	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	140	32	clear	clear	ADV
acarelar-5812	140	33	-	-	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	140	34	cut	cut	VERB
acarelar-5812	140	35	definition	definition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	36	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	140	37	what	what	PRON
acarelar-5812	140	38	constitutes	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	140	39	‘	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	140	40	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	140	41	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	140	42	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	140	43	’	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	141	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	141	2	term	term	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	3	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	141	4	inherently	inherently	ADV
acarelar-5812	141	5	vague	vague	ADJ
acarelar-5812	141	6	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	141	7	allows	allow	VERB
acarelar-5812	141	8	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	141	9	wide	wide	ADJ
acarelar-5812	141	10	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	141	11	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	141	13	leading	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	141	14	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	141	15	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	141	16	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	17	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	141	18	unpredictable	unpredictable	ADJ
acarelar-5812	141	19	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	141	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	22	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	23	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	141	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	142	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	142	2	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	142	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	142	4	inec,20	inec,20	DET
acarelar-5812	142	5	muhammadu	muhammadu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	142	6	buhari	buhari	NOUN
acarelar-5812	142	7	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	142	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	142	9	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	142	10	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	142	11	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	142	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	142	13	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	142	14	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	142	15	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	142	16	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	142	17	noncompliance	noncompliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	142	18	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	142	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	142	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	142	21	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	142	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	143	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	143	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	143	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	143	4	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	143	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	143	6	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	143	7	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	143	8	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	143	9	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	143	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	143	11	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	143	12	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	143	13	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	143	14	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	143	15	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	143	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	143	17	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	143	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	143	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	143	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	143	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	144	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	144	2	ambiguity	ambiguity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	3	surrounding	surround	VERB
acarelar-5812	144	4	‘	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	144	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	144	6	’	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	144	7	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	8	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	9	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	10	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	144	11	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	144	12	key	key	ADJ
acarelar-5812	144	13	factor	factor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	14	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	144	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	144	16	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	17	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	144	18	ruling	ruling	NOUN
acarelar-5812	144	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	145	1	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	145	2	contended	contend	VERB
acarelar-5812	145	3	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	145	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	145	5	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	145	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	145	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	9	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	145	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	145	11	independent	independent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	145	12	national	national	PROPN
acarelar-5812	145	13	electoral	electoral	PROPN
acarelar-5812	145	14	commission	commission	PROPN
acarelar-5812	145	15	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	145	16	inec	inec	PROPN
acarelar-5812	145	17	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	145	18	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	145	19	marred	mar	VERB
acarelar-5812	145	20	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	145	21	gross	gross	ADJ
acarelar-5812	145	22	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	145	24	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	145	25	inflation	inflation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	145	27	votes	vote	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	28	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	145	29	some	some	DET
acarelar-5812	145	30	regions	region	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	31	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	145	32	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	145	33	failure	failure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	34	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	145	35	use	use	VERB
acarelar-5812	145	36	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ
acarelar-5812	145	37	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	145	38	materials	material	NOUN
acarelar-5812	145	39	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	146	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	146	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	146	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	146	4	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	146	5	maintained	maintain	VERB
acarelar-5812	146	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	146	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	146	8	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	146	9	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	146	10	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	146	11	significantly	significantly	ADV
acarelar-5812	146	12	alter	alter	VERB
acarelar-5812	146	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	146	14	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	146	15	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	146	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	147	1	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	147	2	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	3	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	147	4	inconsistency	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	147	6	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	7	gives	give	VERB
acarelar-5812	147	8	tribunals	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	9	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	147	10	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	11	wide	wide	ADJ
acarelar-5812	147	12	latitude	latitude	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	147	14	determining	determine	VERB
acarelar-5812	147	15	what	what	PRON
acarelar-5812	147	16	constitutes	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	147	17	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	147	18	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	147	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	148	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	148	2	often	often	ADV
acarelar-5812	148	3	leads	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	148	4	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	148	5	inconsistency	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	148	6	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	148	7	rulings	ruling	NOUN
acarelar-5812	148	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	148	9	even	even	ADV
acarelar-5812	148	10	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	148	11	similar	similar	ADJ
acarelar-5812	148	12	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	148	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	148	14	resulting	result	VERB
acarelar-5812	148	15	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	148	16	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	148	17	unpredictable	unpredictable	ADJ
acarelar-5812	148	18	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	148	19	landscape	landscape	NOUN
acarelar-5812	148	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	149	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	149	2	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	149	3	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	149	4	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	149	5	inec,21	inec,21	ADP
acarelar-5812	149	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	149	7	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	149	8	successfully	successfully	ADV
acarelar-5812	149	9	argued	argue	VERB
acarelar-5812	149	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	149	11	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	149	12	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	149	13	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	149	14	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	149	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	149	16	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	149	17	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	149	18	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	149	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	149	20	anambra	anambra	PROPN
acarelar-5812	149	21	state	state	PROPN
acarelar-5812	149	22	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	149	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	149	24	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	149	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	149	26	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	149	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	150	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	150	2	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	150	3	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	150	4	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	150	5	due	due	ADP
acarelar-5812	150	6	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	150	7	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	150	8	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	150	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	150	10	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	150	11	missing	miss	VERB
acarelar-5812	150	12	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	150	13	materials	material	NOUN
acarelar-5812	150	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	151	1	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	151	2	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	151	3	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	151	4	contesting	contest	VERB
acarelar-5812	151	5	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	151	6	governor	governor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	151	8	anambra	anambra	PROPN
acarelar-5812	151	9	state	state	PROPN
acarelar-5812	151	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	151	11	argued	argue	VERB
acarelar-5812	151	12	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	151	13	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	151	14	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	151	15	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	151	16	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	151	17	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	18	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	19	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	151	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	151	21	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	22	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	151	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	151	24	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	25	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	151	26	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	151	27	inec	inec	PROPN
acarelar-5812	151	28	failed	fail	VERB
acarelar-5812	151	29	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	151	30	ensure	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	151	31	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	151	32	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	33	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	151	34	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	151	35	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	151	36	several	several	ADJ
acarelar-5812	151	37	constituencies	constituency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	151	38	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	152	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	152	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	152	3	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	152	4	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	152	5	his	his	PRON
acarelar-5812	152	6	favour	favour	NOUN
acarelar-5812	152	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	152	8	declaring	declare	VERB
acarelar-5812	152	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	152	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	152	11	invalid	invalid	ADJ
acarelar-5812	152	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	153	1	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	153	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	153	3	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	4	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	153	5	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	6	peterside,22	peterside,22	PRON
acarelar-5812	153	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	153	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	10	nyesom	nyesom	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	11	wike	wike	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	12	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	13	governor	governor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	15	rivers	river	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	16	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	17	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	153	18	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	153	19	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	153	21	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	22	due	due	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	23	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	24	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	25	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	26	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	27	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	153	29	use	use	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	30	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	153	31	card	card	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	32	readers	reader	NOUN
acarelar-5812	153	33	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	154	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	154	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	154	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	154	4	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	5	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	154	6	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	7	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	154	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	154	9	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	154	10	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	154	11	reinstated	reinstate	VERB
acarelar-5812	154	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	154	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	154	15	ruling	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	154	16	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	154	17	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	154	18	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	19	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	20	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	154	21	card	card	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	22	reader	reader	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	23	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	24	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	154	25	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	154	26	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	154	27	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	154	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	154	29	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	154	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	155	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	155	2	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	155	3	regarding	regard	VERB
acarelar-5812	155	4	what	what	PRON
acarelar-5812	155	5	constitutes	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	155	6	‘	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	155	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	155	8	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	155	9	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	155	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	155	11	’	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	155	12	has	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	155	13	led	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	155	14	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	155	15	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	155	16	rise	rise	NOUN
acarelar-5812	155	17	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	155	18	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	155	19	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	155	20	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	155	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	156	1	many	many	ADJ
acarelar-5812	156	2	candidates	candidate	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	3	feel	feel	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	4	compelled	compel	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	5	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	156	6	challenge	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	8	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	156	10	believing	believe	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	11	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	156	12	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	156	13	have	have	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	14	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	156	15	chance	chance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	16	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	156	17	convince	convince	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	156	19	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	20	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	156	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	156	22	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	23	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	156	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	156	25	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	156	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	156	28	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	156	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	157	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	157	2	ojukwu	ojukwu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	157	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	157	4	yar’adua,23	yar’adua,23	NUM
acarelar-5812	157	5	dim	dim	ADJ
acarelar-5812	157	6	chukwuemeka	chukwuemeka	PROPN
acarelar-5812	157	7	ojukwu	ojukwu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	157	8	filed	file	VERB
acarelar-5812	157	9	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	157	10	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	157	11	challenging	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	157	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	157	13	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	157	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	157	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	157	16	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	157	17	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	157	18	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	157	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	157	20	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	157	21	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	157	22	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	157	23	malpractice	malpractice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	157	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	158	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	158	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	158	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	158	4	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	158	5	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	158	6	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	158	7	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	158	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	158	9	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	158	10	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	158	11	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	158	12	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	158	13	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	158	14	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	158	15	warrant	warrant	VERB
acarelar-5812	158	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	158	17	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	158	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	158	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	158	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	158	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	159	1	ojukwu	ojukwu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	159	2	alleged	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	159	3	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	159	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	159	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	159	6	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	159	7	fraught	fraught	ADJ
acarelar-5812	159	8	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	159	9	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	159	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	159	11	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	159	12	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	159	13	ballot	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	159	14	stuffing	stuffing	NOUN
acarelar-5812	159	15	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	159	16	falsification	falsification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	159	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	159	18	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	159	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	160	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	160	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	160	3	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	160	4	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	160	5	found	find	VERB
acarelar-5812	160	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	160	7	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	160	8	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	160	9	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	160	10	infractions	infraction	NOUN
acarelar-5812	160	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	160	12	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	160	13	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	160	14	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	160	15	materially	materially	ADV
acarelar-5812	160	16	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	160	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	160	18	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	160	19	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	160	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	160	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	160	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	161	1	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	161	2	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	161	3	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	161	4	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	161	5	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	161	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	161	7	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	161	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	161	9	proving	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	161	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	161	11	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	161	12	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	161	13	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	161	14	rests	rest	VERB
acarelar-5812	161	15	heavily	heavily	ADV
acarelar-5812	161	16	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	161	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	161	18	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	161	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	162	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	162	2	requires	require	VERB
acarelar-5812	162	3	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	162	4	resources	resource	NOUN
acarelar-5812	162	5	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	162	6	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	162	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	162	8	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	162	9	many	many	ADJ
acarelar-5812	162	10	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	162	11	lack	lack	VERB
acarelar-5812	162	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	162	13	especially	especially	ADV
acarelar-5812	162	14	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	162	15	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	162	16	involving	involve	VERB
acarelar-5812	162	17	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	162	18	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	162	19	systemic	systemic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	162	20	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	162	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	163	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	163	2	ngige	ngige	NOUN
acarelar-5812	163	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	163	4	obi,24	obi,24	NOUN
acarelar-5812	163	5	chris	chris	PROPN
acarelar-5812	163	6	ngige	ngige	PROPN
acarelar-5812	163	7	contested	contest	VERB
acarelar-5812	163	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	163	9	anambra	anambra	PROPN
acarelar-5812	163	10	state	state	PROPN
acarelar-5812	163	11	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	163	12	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	163	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	163	14	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	163	15	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	163	16	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	163	17	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	163	18	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	163	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	164	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	164	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	164	3	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	164	4	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	164	5	favour	favour	NOUN
acarelar-5812	164	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	164	7	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	164	8	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	164	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	164	10	who	who	PRON
acarelar-5812	164	11	presented	present	VERB
acarelar-5812	164	12	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	164	13	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	164	14	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	164	15	show	show	VERB
acarelar-5812	164	16	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	164	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	164	18	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	164	19	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	164	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	164	21	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	164	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	165	1	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	165	2	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	165	3	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	165	4	able	able	ADJ
acarelar-5812	165	5	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	165	6	provide	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	165	7	detailed	detailed	ADJ
acarelar-5812	165	8	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	165	10	missing	miss	VERB
acarelar-5812	165	11	ballots	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	165	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	14	materials	material	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	165	16	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	165	17	voter	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	18	suppression	suppression	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	19	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	165	20	several	several	ADJ
acarelar-5812	165	21	regions	region	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	22	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	165	23	leading	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	165	24	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	165	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	165	26	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	27	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	165	28	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	29	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	165	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	165	31	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	165	32	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	165	33	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	165	34	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	166	1	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	166	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	166	3	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	166	4	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	166	5	obasanjo25	obasanjo25	PROPN
acarelar-5812	166	6	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	166	7	another	another	DET
acarelar-5812	166	8	example	example	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	9	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	166	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	166	11	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	166	13	buhari	buhari	X
acarelar-5812	166	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	166	15	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	166	16	unable	unable	ADJ
acarelar-5812	166	17	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	166	18	present	present	VERB
acarelar-5812	166	19	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	166	20	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	21	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	166	22	prove	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	166	23	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	166	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	166	25	alleged	alleged	ADJ
acarelar-5812	166	26	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	27	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	28	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	29	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	166	30	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	166	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	166	32	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	166	33	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	167	1	potential	potential	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	2	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	167	3	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	4	bias	bias	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	167	6	wide	wide	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	7	latitude	latitude	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	167	9	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	10	afforded	afford	VERB
acarelar-5812	167	11	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	167	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	167	13	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	14	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	167	15	lead	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	167	16	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	167	17	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	18	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	167	19	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	20	bias	bias	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	21	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	167	22	political	political	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	23	interference	interference	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	24	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	167	25	particularly	particularly	ADV
acarelar-5812	167	26	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	167	27	high	high	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	28	-	-	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	167	29	profile	profile	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	30	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	31	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	32	involving	involve	VERB
acarelar-5812	167	33	prominent	prominent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	34	political	political	ADJ
acarelar-5812	167	35	actors	actor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	167	36	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	168	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	168	2	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	3	v	v	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	4	shagari,26	shagari,26	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	5	chief	chief	NOUN
acarelar-5812	168	6	obafemi	obafemi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	7	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	8	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	168	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	168	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	168	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	168	12	shehu	shehu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	13	shagari	shagari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	168	14	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	168	15	alleging	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	168	16	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	168	17	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	168	18	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	168	19	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	168	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	168	21	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	168	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	169	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	169	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	169	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	169	4	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	169	5	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	169	6	favour	favour	NOUN
acarelar-5812	169	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	169	8	shagari	shagari	NOUN
acarelar-5812	169	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	169	10	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	169	11	decision	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	169	12	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	169	13	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	169	14	widely	widely	ADV
acarelar-5812	169	15	criticized	criticize	VERB
acarelar-5812	169	16	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	169	17	being	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	169	18	politically	politically	ADV
acarelar-5812	169	19	motivated	motivated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	169	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	170	1	awolowo	awolowo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	170	2	argued	argue	VERB
acarelar-5812	170	3	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	170	4	shagari	shagari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	170	5	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	170	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	170	7	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	170	8	marred	mar	VERB
acarelar-5812	170	9	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	170	10	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	170	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	170	12	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	170	13	falsification	falsification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	170	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	170	15	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	170	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	171	1	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	171	2	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	171	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	171	4	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	171	5	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	171	6	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	171	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	171	8	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	171	9	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	171	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	171	11	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	171	12	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	171	13	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	171	14	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	171	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	171	16	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	171	17	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	171	18	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	171	19	shagari	shagari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	171	20	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	171	21	victory	victory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	171	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	1	20	20	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	3	2008	2008	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	5	19	19	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	8	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	172	9	1120	1120	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	11	246	246	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	12	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	172	13	21	21	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	14	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	15	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	17	11	11	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	18	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	19	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	20	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	21	1046	1046	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	22	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	23	565	565	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	24	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	172	25	22	22	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	26	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	27	2015	2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	28	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	29	7	7	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	30	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	31	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	32	pt	pt	X
acarelar-5812	172	33	1483	1483	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	34	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	35	533	533	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	36	.	.	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	37	23	23	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	38	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	39	2008	2008	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	40	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	41	12	12	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	42	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	43	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	44	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	172	45	1049	1049	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	46	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	47	507	507	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	48	.	.	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	49	24	24	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	50	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	51	2006	2006	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	52	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	53	14	14	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	54	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	55	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	56	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	172	57	999	999	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	58	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	59	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	60	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	172	61	25	25	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	62	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	63	2003	2003	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	64	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	65	17	17	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	66	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	67	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	68	pt	pt	INTJ
acarelar-5812	172	69	850	850	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	70	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	71	587	587	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	72	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	73	26	26	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	74	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	75	1979	1979	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	76	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	172	77	6	6	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	78	-	-	SYM
acarelar-5812	172	79	9	9	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	80	sc	sc	NOUN
acarelar-5812	172	81	51	51	NUM
acarelar-5812	172	82	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	173	1	african	african	ADJ
acarelar-5812	173	2	customary	customary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	173	3	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	173	4	religious	religious	ADJ
acarelar-5812	173	5	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	173	6	review	review	NOUN
acarelar-5812	173	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	173	8	acarelar	acarelar	ADJ
acarelar-5812	173	9	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	173	10	5	5	NUM
acarelar-5812	173	11	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	173	12	2024	2024	NUM
acarelar-5812	173	13	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	173	14	59	59	NUM
acarelar-5812	174	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	174	2	p	p	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	174	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	6	undermining	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	174	7	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	174	8	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	174	10	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	11	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	174	12	sometimes	sometimes	ADV
acarelar-5812	174	13	undermine	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	174	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	174	15	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	174	17	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	18	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	174	19	allowing	allow	VERB
acarelar-5812	174	20	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	21	marred	mar	VERB
acarelar-5812	174	22	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	174	23	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	174	24	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	174	25	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	174	26	stand	stand	VERB
acarelar-5812	174	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	175	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	175	2	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	175	3	erode	erode	VERB
acarelar-5812	175	4	public	public	ADJ
acarelar-5812	175	5	trust	trust	NOUN
acarelar-5812	175	6	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	175	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	175	8	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	175	9	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	175	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	175	11	particularly	particularly	ADV
acarelar-5812	175	12	when	when	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	175	13	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	175	14	uphold	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	175	15	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	175	16	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	175	17	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	175	18	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	175	19	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	175	20	malpractice	malpractice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	175	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	176	1	see	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	176	2	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	176	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	176	4	peterside27	peterside27	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	5	nyesom	nyesom	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	6	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	176	7	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	176	8	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	9	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	176	10	governor	governor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	176	12	rivers	river	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	13	state	state	PROPN
acarelar-5812	176	14	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	176	15	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	176	16	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	176	17	dakuku	dakuku	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	18	peterside	peterside	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	19	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	176	20	who	who	PRON
acarelar-5812	176	21	alleged	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	176	22	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	176	23	violence	violence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	24	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	176	25	voter	voter	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	26	intimidation	intimidation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	176	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	177	1	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	177	2	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	177	3	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	177	4	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	177	5	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	177	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	177	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	177	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	177	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	177	10	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	177	11	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	177	12	reversed	reverse	VERB
acarelar-5812	177	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	177	14	decision	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	177	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	177	16	ruling	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	177	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	177	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	177	19	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	177	20	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	177	21	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	177	22	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	177	23	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	177	24	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	177	25	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	177	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	177	27	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	177	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	178	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	178	2	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	178	3	demonstrates	demonstrate	VERB
acarelar-5812	178	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	178	5	ongoing	ongoing	ADJ
acarelar-5812	178	6	challenges	challenge	NOUN
acarelar-5812	178	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	178	8	applying	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	178	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	178	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	178	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	178	12	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	178	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	178	14	particularly	particularly	ADV
acarelar-5812	178	15	when	when	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	178	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	178	17	judiciary	judiciary	NOUN
acarelar-5812	178	18	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	178	19	faced	face	VERB
acarelar-5812	178	20	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	178	21	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	178	22	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	178	23	arguably	arguably	ADV
acarelar-5812	178	24	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	178	25	‘	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	178	26	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	178	27	’	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	178	28	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	178	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	179	1	7	7	X
acarelar-5812	179	2	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	179	3	factors	factor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	4	behind	behind	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	179	6	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	7	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	179	8	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	179	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	179	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	12	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	15	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	16	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	17	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	18	nigeria	nigeria	PRON
acarelar-5812	179	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	179	20	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	179	21	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	22	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	23	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	179	24	rooted	root	VERB
acarelar-5812	179	25	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	179	27	idea	idea	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	28	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	29	balancing	balance	VERB
acarelar-5812	179	30	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	179	31	technicalities	technicality	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	32	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	33	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	179	34	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	179	35	fairness	fairness	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	36	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	179	37	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	179	38	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	180	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	180	2	central	central	ADJ
acarelar-5812	180	3	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	180	4	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	180	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	180	6	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	180	7	should	should	AUX
acarelar-5812	180	8	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	180	9	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	180	10	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	180	11	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	180	12	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	180	13	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	180	14	infractions	infraction	NOUN
acarelar-5812	180	15	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	180	16	those	those	DET
acarelar-5812	180	17	infractions	infraction	NOUN
acarelar-5812	180	18	significantly	significantly	ADV
acarelar-5812	180	19	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	180	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	180	21	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	180	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	181	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	181	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	181	3	various	various	ADJ
acarelar-5812	181	4	theories	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	181	5	highlight	highlight	VERB
acarelar-5812	181	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	181	7	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	181	8	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	181	9	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	181	10	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	181	11	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	181	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	181	13	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	181	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	181	15	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	181	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	182	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	182	2	theories	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	182	3	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	182	4	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	182	5	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	182	6	justice	justice	PROPN
acarelar-5812	182	7	procedural	procedural	PROPN
acarelar-5812	182	8	justice	justice	PROPN
acarelar-5812	182	9	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	182	10	fairness	fairness	NOUN
acarelar-5812	182	11	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	182	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	182	13	processes	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	182	14	leading	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	182	15	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	182	16	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	182	17	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	182	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	183	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	183	2	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	183	3	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	183	4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	183	5	attempts	attempt	VERB
acarelar-5812	183	6	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	183	7	ensure	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	183	8	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	183	9	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	183	10	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	183	11	evaluated	evaluate	VERB
acarelar-5812	183	12	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	183	13	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	183	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	183	15	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	183	16	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	183	17	rather	rather	ADV
acarelar-5812	183	18	than	than	ADP
acarelar-5812	183	19	specific	specific	ADJ
acarelar-5812	183	20	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	183	21	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	183	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	184	1	however	however	ADV
acarelar-5812	184	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	184	3	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	184	4	raises	raise	VERB
acarelar-5812	184	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	184	6	problem	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	184	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	184	8	inconsistency	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	184	9	because	because	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	184	10	different	different	ADJ
acarelar-5812	184	11	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	184	12	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	184	13	interpret	interpret	VERB
acarelar-5812	184	14	what	what	PRON
acarelar-5812	184	15	constitutes	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	184	16	‘	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	184	17	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	184	18	’	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	184	19	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	184	20	differently	differently	ADV
acarelar-5812	184	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	185	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	2	aregbesola	aregbesola	PROPN
acarelar-5812	185	3	v	v	NUM
acarelar-5812	185	4	oyinlola,28	oyinlola,28	NUM
acarelar-5812	185	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	185	6	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	8	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	9	found	find	VERB
acarelar-5812	185	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	185	11	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	185	12	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	185	13	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	185	14	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	15	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	16	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	185	18	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	185	19	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	21	osun	osun	PROPN
acarelar-5812	185	22	state	state	PROPN
acarelar-5812	185	23	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	185	24	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	185	25	gubernatorial	gubernatorial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	185	26	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	27	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	185	28	specifically	specifically	ADV
acarelar-5812	185	29	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	30	relation	relation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	31	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	32	issues	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	33	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	185	34	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	185	35	ballot	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	36	stuffing	stuffing	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	37	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	185	38	failure	failure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	39	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	185	40	follow	follow	VERB
acarelar-5812	185	41	due	due	ADJ
acarelar-5812	185	42	procedure	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	185	43	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	186	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	186	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	186	3	determined	determine	VERB
acarelar-5812	186	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	186	5	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	186	6	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	186	7	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	186	8	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	186	9	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	186	10	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	186	11	invalidate	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	186	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	186	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	186	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	187	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	187	2	key	key	ADJ
acarelar-5812	187	3	issue	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	187	4	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	187	5	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	187	6	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	187	7	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	187	8	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	187	9	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	187	10	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	187	11	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	187	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	187	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	187	14	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	187	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	187	16	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	187	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	187	18	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	187	19	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	187	20	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	187	21	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	187	22	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	187	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	188	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	188	2	pdp	pdp	PROPN
acarelar-5812	188	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	188	4	inec,29	inec,29	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	5	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	188	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	188	7	issue	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	188	9	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	10	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	12	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	188	13	ballot	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	14	procedures	procedure	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	15	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	188	16	deemed	deem	VERB
acarelar-5812	188	17	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	188	18	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	188	19	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	188	20	enough	enough	ADJ
acarelar-5812	188	21	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	188	22	warrant	warrant	VERB
acarelar-5812	188	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	188	24	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	25	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	188	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	188	27	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	188	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	189	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	2	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	189	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	189	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	189	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	189	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	189	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	189	9	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	189	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	189	11	states	state	VERB
acarelar-5812	189	12	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	189	13	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	189	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	15	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	16	shall	shall	AUX
acarelar-5812	189	17	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	189	18	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	189	19	invalidated	invalidated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	189	20	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	189	21	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	189	22	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	189	23	proven	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	189	24	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	189	25	noncompliance	noncompliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	26	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	189	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	189	28	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	29	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	189	30	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	189	31	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	189	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	190	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	2	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	190	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	190	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	190	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	190	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	190	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	190	9	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	190	10	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	190	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	190	12	need	need	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	13	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	190	14	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	15	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	190	16	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	190	17	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	18	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	19	materially	materially	ADV
acarelar-5812	190	20	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	190	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	190	22	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	23	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	190	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	191	1	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	2	realism	realism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	191	3	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	4	realism	realism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	191	5	posits	posit	NOUN
acarelar-5812	191	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	191	7	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	8	decisions	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	191	9	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	191	10	often	often	ADV
acarelar-5812	191	11	influenced	influence	VERB
acarelar-5812	191	12	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	191	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	191	14	broader	broad	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	15	social	social	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	191	17	political	political	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	191	19	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	191	20	moral	moral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	21	contexts	context	NOUN
acarelar-5812	191	22	rather	rather	ADV
acarelar-5812	191	23	than	than	ADP
acarelar-5812	191	24	strict	strict	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	25	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	191	26	rules	rule	NOUN
acarelar-5812	191	27	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	192	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	192	2	broad	broad	ADJ
acarelar-5812	192	3	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	192	4	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	192	5	allowed	allow	VERB
acarelar-5812	192	6	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	192	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	192	8	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	192	9	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	192	10	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	192	11	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	192	12	lead	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	192	13	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	192	14	subjective	subjective	ADJ
acarelar-5812	192	15	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	192	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	192	17	causing	cause	VERB
acarelar-5812	192	18	inconsistencies	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	192	19	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	192	20	rulings	ruling	NOUN
acarelar-5812	192	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	193	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	193	2	raises	raise	VERB
acarelar-5812	193	3	concerns	concern	NOUN
acarelar-5812	193	4	about	about	ADP
acarelar-5812	193	5	fairness	fairness	NOUN
acarelar-5812	193	6	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	193	7	impartiality	impartiality	NOUN
acarelar-5812	193	8	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	193	9	politically	politically	ADV
acarelar-5812	193	10	charged	charge	VERB
acarelar-5812	193	11	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	193	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	194	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	194	2	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	194	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	194	4	obasanjo,30	obasanjo,30	PROPN
acarelar-5812	194	5	muhammadu	muhammadu	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	6	buhari	buhari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	194	7	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	194	8	olusegun	olusegun	PROPN
acarelar-5812	194	9	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	194	10	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	194	11	2003	2003	NUM
acarelar-5812	194	12	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	194	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	14	victory	victory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	194	16	citing	cite	VERB
acarelar-5812	194	17	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	194	18	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	19	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	20	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	21	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	194	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	194	23	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	194	24	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	194	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	195	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	195	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	195	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	195	4	upheld	upheld	PROPN
acarelar-5812	195	5	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	195	6	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	195	7	victory	victory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	195	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	195	9	stating	state	VERB
acarelar-5812	195	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	195	11	although	although	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	195	12	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	195	13	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	195	14	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	195	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	195	16	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	195	17	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	195	18	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	195	19	enough	enough	ADJ
acarelar-5812	195	20	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	195	21	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	195	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	195	23	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	195	24	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	196	1	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	197	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	197	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	197	3	placed	place	VERB
acarelar-5812	197	4	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	197	5	emphasis	emphasis	NOUN
acarelar-5812	197	6	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	197	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	197	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	197	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	197	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	197	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	197	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	197	13	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	197	14	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	197	15	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	197	16	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	197	17	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	197	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	198	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	2	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	198	3	v	v	AUX
acarelar-5812	198	4	peterside31	peterside31	VERB
acarelar-5812	198	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	198	6	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	8	appeal	appeal	PROPN
acarelar-5812	198	9	nullified	nullify	VERB
acarelar-5812	198	10	governor	governor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	11	nyesom	nyesom	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	12	wike	wike	PROPN
acarelar-5812	198	13	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	198	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	15	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	16	rivers	river	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	17	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	18	due	due	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	19	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	20	violence	violence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	21	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	198	22	massive	massive	ADJ
acarelar-5812	198	23	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	24	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	198	25	later	later	ADV
acarelar-5812	198	26	reversed	reverse	VERB
acarelar-5812	198	27	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	198	29	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	198	30	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	198	31	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	198	32	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	198	33	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	198	34	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	35	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	198	36	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	199	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	2	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	199	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	199	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	199	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	199	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	199	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	8	202232	202232	NUM
acarelar-5812	199	9	requires	require	VERB
acarelar-5812	199	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	199	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	199	12	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	13	must	must	AUX
acarelar-5812	199	14	show	show	VERB
acarelar-5812	199	15	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	199	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	199	17	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	199	18	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	19	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	20	significantly	significantly	ADV
acarelar-5812	199	21	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	199	22	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	199	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	24	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	199	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	200	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	200	2	discretionary	discretionary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	200	3	nature	nature	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	200	5	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	200	6	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	7	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	200	8	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	9	like	like	ADP
acarelar-5812	200	10	buhari	buhari	X
acarelar-5812	200	11	v	v	ADJ
acarelar-5812	200	12	obasanjo33	obasanjo33	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	13	reflects	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	200	14	how	how	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	200	15	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	200	16	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	17	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	200	18	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	200	19	inconsistently	inconsistently	ADV
acarelar-5812	200	20	applied	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	200	21	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	200	22	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	200	23	external	external	ADJ
acarelar-5812	200	24	factors	factor	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	25	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	200	26	highlighting	highlight	VERB
acarelar-5812	200	27	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	200	28	key	key	ADJ
acarelar-5812	200	29	issue	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	30	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	200	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	200	32	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	200	33	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	201	1	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	201	2	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	201	3	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	201	4	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	201	5	asserts	assert	VERB
acarelar-5812	201	6	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	201	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	201	8	validity	validity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	201	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	201	10	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	201	11	rests	rest	VERB
acarelar-5812	201	12	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	201	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	201	14	public	public	NOUN
acarelar-5812	201	15	’s	’s	PART
acarelar-5812	201	16	perception	perception	NOUN
acarelar-5812	201	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	201	18	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	201	19	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	201	20	free	free	ADJ
acarelar-5812	201	21	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	201	22	fair	fair	ADJ
acarelar-5812	201	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	202	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	202	2	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	202	3	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	202	4	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	202	5	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	202	6	when	when	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	202	7	applied	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	202	8	leniently	leniently	ADV
acarelar-5812	202	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	202	10	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	202	11	undermine	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	202	12	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	202	13	perception	perception	NOUN
acarelar-5812	202	14	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	202	15	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	202	16	allows	allow	VERB
acarelar-5812	202	17	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	202	18	tainted	taint	VERB
acarelar-5812	202	19	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	202	20	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	202	21	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	202	22	stand	stand	VERB
acarelar-5812	202	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	203	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	203	2	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	203	3	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	203	4	v.	v.	ADP
acarelar-5812	203	5	inec,34	inec,34	PROPN
acarelar-5812	203	6	peter	peter	PROPN
acarelar-5812	203	7	obi	obi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	203	8	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	203	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	203	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	11	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	12	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	203	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	203	14	anambra	anambra	PROPN
acarelar-5812	203	15	governorship	governorship	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	203	17	arguing	argue	VERB
acarelar-5812	203	18	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	203	19	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	203	20	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	21	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	23	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	203	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	203	25	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	203	26	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	203	27	occurred	occur	VERB
acarelar-5812	203	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	204	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	204	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	204	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	204	4	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	204	5	annulled	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	204	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	204	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	204	8	due	due	ADP
acarelar-5812	204	9	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	204	10	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	204	11	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	204	12	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	204	13	undermined	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	204	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	204	15	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	204	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	204	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	204	18	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	204	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	205	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	205	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	3	emphasized	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	205	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	205	5	need	need	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	6	for	for	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	205	7	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	8	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	205	9	reflect	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	205	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	205	11	true	true	ADJ
acarelar-5812	205	12	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	205	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	205	15	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	16	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	205	17	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	205	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	205	19	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	20	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	21	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	22	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	205	23	27	27	NUM
acarelar-5812	205	24	supra	supra	NOUN
acarelar-5812	205	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	1	28(2011	28(2011	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	2	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	3	14	14	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	4	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	5	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	6	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	206	7	1269	1269	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	8	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	9	353	353	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	10	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	11	29	29	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	12	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	13	2008	2008	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	14	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	15	17	17	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	16	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	17	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	18	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	19	1115	1115	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	20	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	21	206	206	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	22	;	;	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	23	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	24	2008	2008	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	25	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	26	12	12	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	27	sc	sc	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	28	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	29	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	206	30	ii	ii	PROPN
acarelar-5812	206	31	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	32	162	162	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	33	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	206	34	30	30	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	35	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	36	2005	2005	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	37	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	38	13	13	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	39	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	40	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	41	pt	pt	INTJ
acarelar-5812	206	42	941	941	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	43	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	44	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	45	;	;	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	46	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	47	2005	2005	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	48	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	49	18	18	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	50	sc	sc	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	51	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	52	pt	pt	INTJ
acarelar-5812	206	53	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	54	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	206	55	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	56	.	.	SYM
acarelar-5812	206	57	31	31	NUM
acarelar-5812	206	58	supra	supra	NOUN
acarelar-5812	206	59	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	207	1	32	32	NUM
acarelar-5812	208	1	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	208	2	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	208	3	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	208	4	pari	pari	PROPN
acarelar-5812	208	5	materia	materia	PROPN
acarelar-5812	208	6	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	208	7	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	208	8	139(1	139(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	208	9	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	208	10	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	208	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	208	12	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	208	13	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	208	14	2010	2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	208	15	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	209	1	33	33	NUM
acarelar-5812	209	2	supra	supra	NOUN
acarelar-5812	209	3	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	210	1	34	34	NUM
acarelar-5812	210	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	210	3	2007	2007	NUM
acarelar-5812	210	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	210	5	11	11	NUM
acarelar-5812	210	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	210	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	210	8	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	210	9	1046	1046	NUM
acarelar-5812	210	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	210	11	565	565	NUM
acarelar-5812	210	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	211	1	ubanyionwu	ubanyionwu	ADJ
acarelar-5812	211	2	:	:	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	211	3	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	211	4	associated	associate	VERB
acarelar-5812	211	5	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	211	6	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	211	7	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	211	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	211	9	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	211	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	211	11	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	211	12	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	211	13	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	211	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
acarelar-5812	211	15	60	60	NUM
acarelar-5812	212	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	212	2	p	p	X
acarelar-5812	212	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	212	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	212	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	212	6	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	212	7	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	212	8	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	212	9	warrant	warrant	VERB
acarelar-5812	212	10	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	212	11	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	213	1	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	213	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	213	3	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	213	4	adeleke	adeleke	ADJ
acarelar-5812	213	5	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	213	6	oyetola,35where	oyetola,35where	PROPN
acarelar-5812	213	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	213	8	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	213	10	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	11	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	213	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	213	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	14	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	15	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	213	16	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	213	18	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	213	19	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	213	20	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	21	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	213	22	citing	cite	VERB
acarelar-5812	213	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	213	24	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	25	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	213	26	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	213	27	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	213	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	214	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	2	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	214	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	214	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	214	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	214	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	214	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	8	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	214	9	underlines	underline	VERB
acarelar-5812	214	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	214	11	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	214	12	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	214	13	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	14	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	15	must	must	AUX
acarelar-5812	214	16	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	214	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	214	18	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	19	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	20	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	214	21	annul	annul	VERB
acarelar-5812	214	22	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	214	23	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	214	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	215	1	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	215	2	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	3	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	215	4	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	215	5	eroded	erode	VERB
acarelar-5812	215	6	when	when	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	215	7	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	8	overlook	overlook	VERB
acarelar-5812	215	9	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	215	10	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	11	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	215	13	guise	guise	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	15	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	215	16	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	17	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	215	18	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	215	19	seen	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	215	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	21	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	22	like	like	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	23	adeleke	adeleke	VERB
acarelar-5812	215	24	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	25	oyetola.36	oyetola.36	ADJ
acarelar-5812	215	26	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	27	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	28	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	29	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	215	30	highlights	highlight	VERB
acarelar-5812	215	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	215	32	complexity	complexity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	33	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	215	34	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	35	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	36	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	215	37	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	38	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	39	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	40	placed	place	VERB
acarelar-5812	215	41	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	42	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	43	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	215	44	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	215	45	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	215	46	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	47	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	215	48	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	216	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	216	2	requirement	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	3	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	216	4	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	5	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	216	6	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	216	7	only	only	ADV
acarelar-5812	216	8	show	show	VERB
acarelar-5812	216	9	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	216	10	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	12	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	216	13	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	216	14	prove	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	216	15	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	216	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	216	17	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	216	18	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	216	19	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	20	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	216	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	216	22	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	23	creates	create	VERB
acarelar-5812	216	24	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	216	25	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	216	26	hurdle	hurdle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	216	27	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	216	28	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	216	29	often	often	ADV
acarelar-5812	216	30	insurmountable	insurmountable	ADJ
acarelar-5812	216	31	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	217	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	217	2	atiku	atiku	PROPN
acarelar-5812	217	3	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	217	4	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	217	5	inec,37	inec,37	VERB
acarelar-5812	217	6	atiku	atiku	PROPN
acarelar-5812	217	7	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
acarelar-5812	217	8	contested	contest	VERB
acarelar-5812	217	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	217	10	2019	2019	NUM
acarelar-5812	217	11	presidential	presidential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	217	12	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	217	14	citing	cite	VERB
acarelar-5812	217	15	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	16	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	17	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	18	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	217	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	217	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	217	21	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	22	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	217	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	217	24	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	25	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	217	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	217	27	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	217	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	218	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	218	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	218	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	218	4	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	218	5	against	against	ADP
acarelar-5812	218	6	him	he	PRON
acarelar-5812	218	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	218	8	stating	state	VERB
acarelar-5812	218	9	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	218	10	he	he	PRON
acarelar-5812	218	11	failed	fail	VERB
acarelar-5812	218	12	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	218	13	meet	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	218	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	218	15	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	218	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	218	17	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	218	18	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	218	19	show	show	VERB
acarelar-5812	218	20	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	218	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	218	22	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	218	23	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	218	24	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	218	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	218	26	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	218	27	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	218	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	219	1	although	although	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	219	2	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	219	3	were	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	219	4	multiple	multiple	ADJ
acarelar-5812	219	5	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	219	7	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	219	8	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	9	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	10	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	219	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	219	12	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	13	could	could	AUX
acarelar-5812	219	14	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	219	15	provide	provide	VERB
acarelar-5812	219	16	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	219	17	evidence	evidence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	18	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	219	19	meet	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	219	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	219	21	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	22	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	219	23	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	24	required	require	VERB
acarelar-5812	219	25	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	219	26	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	219	27	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	219	28	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	29	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	219	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	220	1	also	also	ADV
acarelar-5812	220	2	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	220	3	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	220	4	fayemi	fayemi	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	5	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	220	6	oni,38	oni,38	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	7	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	220	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	220	9	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	10	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	220	11	ability	ability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	12	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	220	13	meet	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	220	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	220	15	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	220	17	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	18	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	220	19	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	220	20	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	220	21	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	220	22	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	23	led	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	220	24	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	220	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	220	26	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	27	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	220	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	220	29	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	220	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	221	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	221	2	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	221	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	221	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	221	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	221	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	221	7	act	act	PROPN
acarelar-5812	221	8	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	221	9	requires	require	VERB
acarelar-5812	221	10	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	221	11	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	221	12	prove	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	221	13	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	221	14	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	221	15	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	221	16	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	221	17	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	221	18	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	221	19	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	221	20	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	221	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	222	1	atiku	atiku	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	2	v	v	NUM
acarelar-5812	222	3	inec39	inec39	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	4	reflects	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	222	5	how	how	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	222	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	222	7	heavy	heavy	ADJ
acarelar-5812	222	8	burden	burden	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	222	10	proof	proof	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	11	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	222	12	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	13	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	222	14	become	become	VERB
acarelar-5812	222	15	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	222	16	barrier	barrier	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	17	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	222	18	achieving	achieve	VERB
acarelar-5812	222	19	justice	justice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	20	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	222	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	22	petitions	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	23	under	under	ADP
acarelar-5812	222	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	222	25	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	222	26	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	27	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	222	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	223	1	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	223	2	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	223	3	this	this	PRON
acarelar-5812	223	4	concerns	concern	VERB
acarelar-5812	223	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	223	6	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	223	7	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	223	8	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	223	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	223	10	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	223	11	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	223	12	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	224	1	when	when	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	224	2	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	224	3	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	224	4	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	5	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	6	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	224	7	applied	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	224	8	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	224	9	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	224	10	way	way	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	11	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	224	12	tolerates	tolerate	VERB
acarelar-5812	224	13	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	224	14	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	224	15	breaches	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	224	17	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	224	18	raises	raise	VERB
acarelar-5812	224	19	questions	question	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	20	about	about	ADP
acarelar-5812	224	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	224	22	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	23	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	224	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	224	25	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	26	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	224	27	itself	itself	PRON
acarelar-5812	224	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	225	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	225	2	can	can	AUX
acarelar-5812	225	3	result	result	VERB
acarelar-5812	225	4	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	225	5	public	public	ADJ
acarelar-5812	225	6	distrust	distrust	NOUN
acarelar-5812	225	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	225	8	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	225	9	citizens	citizen	NOUN
acarelar-5812	225	10	may	may	AUX
acarelar-5812	225	11	feel	feel	VERB
acarelar-5812	225	12	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	225	13	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	225	14	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	225	15	rigged	rig	VERB
acarelar-5812	225	16	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	225	17	influenced	influence	VERB
acarelar-5812	225	18	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	225	19	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	225	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	226	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	226	2	inec	inec	PROPN
acarelar-5812	226	3	v.	v.	ADP
acarelar-5812	226	4	oshiomhole,40	oshiomhole,40	NUM
acarelar-5812	226	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	226	6	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	226	8	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	9	nullified	nullify	VERB
acarelar-5812	226	10	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	226	11	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	226	13	oserheimen	oserheiman	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	14	osunbor	osunbor	ADV
acarelar-5812	226	15	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	226	16	declared	declare	VERB
acarelar-5812	226	17	adams	adam	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	18	oshiomhole	oshiomhole	PROPN
acarelar-5812	226	19	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	226	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	226	21	rightful	rightful	ADJ
acarelar-5812	226	22	winner	winner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	23	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	226	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	226	25	edo	edo	PROPN
acarelar-5812	226	26	state	state	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	27	governorship	governorship	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	28	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	226	29	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	227	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	227	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	3	found	find	VERB
acarelar-5812	227	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	227	5	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	227	6	was	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	227	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	227	8	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	227	9	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	10	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	11	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	227	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	227	13	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	227	14	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	15	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	227	16	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	227	17	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	227	18	violence	violence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	19	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	227	20	ballot	ballot	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	21	manipulation	manipulation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	227	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	228	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	228	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	228	3	emphasized	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	228	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	228	5	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	228	6	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	228	7	could	could	AUX
acarelar-5812	228	8	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	228	9	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	228	10	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	228	11	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	228	12	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	228	13	widespread	widespread	ADJ
acarelar-5812	228	14	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	228	15	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	228	16	overlooked	overlook	VERB
acarelar-5812	228	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	229	1	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	229	2	agbaje	agbaje	NOUN
acarelar-5812	229	3	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	229	4	ambode,41where	ambode,41where	PROPN
acarelar-5812	229	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	229	6	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	229	7	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	229	8	challenge	challenge	NOUN
acarelar-5812	229	9	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	229	10	dismissed	dismiss	VERB
acarelar-5812	229	11	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	229	12	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	229	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	229	14	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	229	15	noncompliance	noncompliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	229	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	229	17	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	229	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	229	19	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	229	20	deemed	deem	VERB
acarelar-5812	229	21	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	229	22	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	229	23	enough	enough	ADJ
acarelar-5812	229	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	230	1	section	section	NOUN
acarelar-5812	230	2	135(1	135(1	NUM
acarelar-5812	230	3	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	230	4	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	230	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	230	6	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	230	7	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	230	8	guides	guide	VERB
acarelar-5812	230	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	230	10	determination	determination	NOUN
acarelar-5812	230	11	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	230	12	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	230	13	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	230	14	-	-	ADJ
acarelar-5812	230	15	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	230	16	affects	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	230	17	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	230	18	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	230	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	231	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	231	2	theory	theory	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	231	4	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	231	5	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	6	underscores	underscore	VERB
acarelar-5812	231	7	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	8	like	like	ADP
acarelar-5812	231	9	inec	inec	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	10	v	v	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	11	oshiomhole,42	oshiomhole,42	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	12	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	231	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	231	14	annulment	annulment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	15	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	231	16	seen	see	VERB
acarelar-5812	231	17	as	as	ADP
acarelar-5812	231	18	essential	essential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	231	19	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	231	20	preserving	preserve	VERB
acarelar-5812	231	21	public	public	ADJ
acarelar-5812	231	22	trust	trust	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	23	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	231	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	231	25	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	231	26	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	232	1	8	8	X
acarelar-5812	232	2	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	233	1	some	some	DET
acarelar-5812	233	2	notable	notable	ADJ
acarelar-5812	233	3	decided	decide	VERB
acarelar-5812	233	4	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	5	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	233	6	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	233	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	233	8	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	233	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	233	11	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	233	13	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	233	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	15	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	16	cases	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	17	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	233	18	recent	recent	ADJ
acarelar-5812	233	19	years	year	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	20	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	233	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	233	22	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	23	has	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	233	24	been	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	233	25	criticized	criticize	VERB
acarelar-5812	233	26	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	233	27	creating	create	VERB
acarelar-5812	233	28	inconsistencies	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	29	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	233	30	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	233	31	decisions	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	233	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	234	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	234	2	lack	lack	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	4	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	234	5	clear	clear	ADJ
acarelar-5812	234	6	definition	definition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	7	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	8	what	what	PRON
acarelar-5812	234	9	constitutes	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	234	10	‘	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	234	11	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	234	12	’	'	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	234	13	has	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	234	14	led	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	234	15	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	16	varying	vary	VERB
acarelar-5812	234	17	interpretations	interpretation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	234	19	which	which	PRON
acarelar-5812	234	20	sometimes	sometimes	ADV
acarelar-5812	234	21	result	result	VERB
acarelar-5812	234	22	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	23	conflicting	conflicting	ADJ
acarelar-5812	234	24	judgments	judgment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	25	at	at	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	26	different	different	ADJ
acarelar-5812	234	27	levels	level	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	28	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	29	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	234	30	judiciary.43	judiciary.43	PROPN
acarelar-5812	234	31	ogbuabor	ogbuabor	PROPN
acarelar-5812	234	32	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	33	ogbu.44	ogbu.44	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	34	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	35	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	234	36	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	37	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	234	38	appellant	appellant	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	39	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	234	40	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	234	41	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	42	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	43	based	base	VERB
acarelar-5812	234	44	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	45	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	46	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	47	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	234	48	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	49	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	234	50	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	234	51	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	234	52	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	235	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	235	2	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	235	3	dismissed	dismiss	VERB
acarelar-5812	235	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	235	5	petition	petition	NOUN
acarelar-5812	235	6	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	235	7	arguing	argue	VERB
acarelar-5812	235	8	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	235	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	235	10	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	235	11	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	235	12	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	235	13	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	235	14	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	235	15	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	235	16	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	235	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	235	18	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	235	19	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	235	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	235	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	235	22	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	235	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	236	1	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	236	2	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	3	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	236	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	236	5	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	236	6	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	236	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	236	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	236	9	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	236	10	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	236	11	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	236	12	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	236	13	for	for	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	236	14	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	236	15	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	16	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	236	17	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	236	18	invalidated	invalidated	ADJ
acarelar-5812	236	19	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	236	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	236	21	grounds	ground	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	22	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	236	23	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	24	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	25	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	26	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	236	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	236	28	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	236	29	act	act	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	30	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	236	31	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	236	32	non	non	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	33	-	-	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	34	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	236	35	must	must	AUX
acarelar-5812	236	36	be	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	236	37	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	236	38	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	236	39	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	236	40	merely	merely	ADV
acarelar-5812	236	41	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	236	42	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	237	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	237	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	237	3	emphasized	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	237	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	237	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	237	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	237	7	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	237	8	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	237	9	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	237	10	uphold	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	237	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	237	12	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	237	13	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	237	14	if	if	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	237	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	237	16	core	core	NOUN
acarelar-5812	237	17	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	237	18	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	237	19	met	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	237	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	238	1	dare	dare	VERB
acarelar-5812	238	2	v	v	NOUN
acarelar-5812	238	3	afolabi.45	afolabi.45	VERB
acarelar-5812	238	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	238	5	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	238	6	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	238	7	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	238	8	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	238	9	alleged	allege	VERB
acarelar-5812	238	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	238	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	238	12	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	238	13	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	238	14	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	238	15	marred	mar	VERB
acarelar-5812	238	16	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	238	17	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	238	18	flaws	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	238	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	239	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	239	2	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	239	3	found	find	VERB
acarelar-5812	239	4	some	some	DET
acarelar-5812	239	5	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	239	6	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	239	7	but	but	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	239	8	ruled	rule	VERB
acarelar-5812	239	9	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	239	10	these	these	PRON
acarelar-5812	239	11	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	239	12	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	239	13	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	239	14	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	239	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	239	16	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	239	17	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	239	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	239	19	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	239	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	240	1	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	240	2	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	240	3	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	240	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	240	5	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	240	6	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	240	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	240	8	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	240	9	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	240	10	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	240	11	affirmed	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	240	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	240	13	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	240	14	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	240	15	decision	decision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	240	16	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	240	17	reinforcing	reinforce	VERB
acarelar-5812	240	18	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	240	19	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	240	20	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	240	21	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	240	22	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	240	23	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	240	24	automatically	automatically	ADV
acarelar-5812	240	25	invalidate	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	240	26	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	240	27	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	240	28	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	241	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	241	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	241	3	emphasized	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	241	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	241	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	241	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	241	7	35	35	NUM
acarelar-5812	241	8	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	241	9	2015	2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	241	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	241	11	7	7	NUM
acarelar-5812	241	12	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	241	13	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	241	14	pt	pt	X
acarelar-5812	241	15	1483	1483	NUM
acarelar-5812	241	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	241	17	533	533	NUM
acarelar-5812	241	18	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	241	19	36	36	NUM
acarelar-5812	241	20	supra	supra	NOUN
acarelar-5812	241	21	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	242	1	37	37	NUM
acarelar-5812	242	2	supra	supra	NOUN
acarelar-5812	242	3	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	243	1	38	38	NUM
acarelar-5812	243	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	243	3	2010	2010	NUM
acarelar-5812	243	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	243	5	14	14	NUM
acarelar-5812	243	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	243	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	243	8	pt	pt	X
acarelar-5812	243	9	1210	1210	NUM
acarelar-5812	243	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	243	11	1	1	NUM
acarelar-5812	243	12	.	.	SYM
acarelar-5812	243	13	39	39	NUM
acarelar-5812	243	14	supra	supra	NOUN
acarelar-5812	243	15	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	1	40	40	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	3	2008	2008	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	5	15	15	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	6	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	244	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	8	pt	pt	PROPN
acarelar-5812	244	9	1109	1109	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	10	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	11	131	131	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	12	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	244	13	41	41	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	14	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	15	2015	2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	16	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	17	15	15	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	18	nwlr	nwlr	NOUN
acarelar-5812	244	19	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	20	pt	pt	NOUN
acarelar-5812	244	21	1481	1481	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	22	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	244	23	314	314	NUM
acarelar-5812	244	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	245	1	42supra	42supra	NUM
acarelar-5812	245	2	.	.	NOUN
acarelar-5812	246	1	43	43	NUM
acarelar-5812	246	2	wike	wike	NOUN
acarelar-5812	246	3	v	v	X
acarelar-5812	246	4	peterside	peterside	NOUN
acarelar-5812	246	5	supra	supra	PROPN
acarelar-5812	246	6	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	247	1	44(2015	44(2015	NUM
acarelar-5812	247	2	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	247	3	lpelr-25868(sc	lpelr-25868(sc	NUM
acarelar-5812	247	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	247	5	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	248	1	45	45	NUM
acarelar-5812	248	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	248	3	2018	2018	NUM
acarelar-5812	248	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	248	5	lpelr-44359(sc	lpelr-44359(sc	PROPN
acarelar-5812	248	6	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	248	7	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	249	1	african	african	ADJ
acarelar-5812	249	2	customary	customary	ADJ
acarelar-5812	249	3	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	249	4	religious	religious	ADJ
acarelar-5812	249	5	law	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	249	6	review	review	NOUN
acarelar-5812	249	7	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	249	8	acarelar	acarelar	ADJ
acarelar-5812	249	9	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	249	10	5	5	NUM
acarelar-5812	249	11	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	249	12	2024	2024	NUM
acarelar-5812	249	13	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	249	14	61	61	NUM
acarelar-5812	250	1	|	|	ADV
acarelar-5812	250	2	p	p	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	250	4	g	g	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	5	e	e	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	6	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	250	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	250	8	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	250	9	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	10	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	250	11	enough	enough	ADJ
acarelar-5812	250	12	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	250	13	sustain	sustain	VERB
acarelar-5812	250	14	an	an	DET
acarelar-5812	250	15	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	16	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	17	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	250	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	250	19	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	20	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	250	21	grave	grave	ADJ
acarelar-5812	250	22	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	250	23	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	250	24	impact	impact	VERB
acarelar-5812	250	25	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	250	26	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	27	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	250	28	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	250	29	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	250	30	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	251	1	ikpeazu	ikpeazu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	251	2	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	251	3	otti.46	otti.46	PRON
acarelar-5812	252	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	252	2	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	3	contested	contest	VERB
acarelar-5812	252	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	252	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	6	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	252	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	252	8	grounds	ground	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	252	10	numerous	numerous	ADJ
acarelar-5812	252	11	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	252	12	lapses	lapse	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	252	14	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	252	15	issues	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	16	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	252	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	252	18	conduct	conduct	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	19	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	252	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	252	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	22	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	252	23	documentation	documentation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	252	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	253	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	253	2	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	253	3	reviewed	review	VERB
acarelar-5812	253	4	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	253	5	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	253	6	lapses	lapse	NOUN
acarelar-5812	253	7	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	253	8	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	253	9	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	253	10	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	253	11	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	253	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	253	13	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	253	14	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	253	15	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	253	16	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	253	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	254	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	254	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	254	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	254	4	held	hold	VERB
acarelar-5812	254	5	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	254	6	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	254	7	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	254	8	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	254	9	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	254	10	present	present	ADJ
acarelar-5812	254	11	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	254	12	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	254	13	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	254	14	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	254	15	constitute	constitute	VERB
acarelar-5812	254	16	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	254	17	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	254	18	breach	breach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	254	19	affecting	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	254	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	254	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	254	22	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	254	23	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	254	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	255	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	255	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	255	3	applied	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	255	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	255	5	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	255	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	255	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	255	8	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	255	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	255	10	affirming	affirm	VERB
acarelar-5812	255	11	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	255	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	255	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	255	14	result	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	255	15	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	255	16	valid	valid	ADJ
acarelar-5812	255	17	because	because	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	255	18	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	255	19	core	core	ADJ
acarelar-5812	255	20	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	255	21	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	255	22	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	255	23	observed	observe	VERB
acarelar-5812	255	24	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	256	1	makarfi	makarfi	PROPN
acarelar-5812	257	1	v	v	ADP
acarelar-5812	257	2	sheriff.47	sheriff.47	NOUN
acarelar-5812	257	3	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	257	4	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	257	5	dealt	deal	VERB
acarelar-5812	257	6	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	257	7	internal	internal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	257	8	party	party	NOUN
acarelar-5812	257	9	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	257	10	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	257	11	allegations	allegation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	257	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	257	13	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	257	14	deviations	deviation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	257	15	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	257	16	made	make	VERB
acarelar-5812	257	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	258	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	258	2	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	258	3	claimed	claim	VERB
acarelar-5812	258	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	258	5	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	258	6	deviations	deviation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	258	7	significantly	significantly	ADV
acarelar-5812	258	8	affected	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	258	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	258	10	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	258	11	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	258	12	legitimacy	legitimacy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	258	13	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	259	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	259	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	259	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	259	4	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	259	5	examined	examine	VERB
acarelar-5812	259	6	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	259	7	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	259	8	deviations	deviation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	259	9	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	259	10	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	259	11	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	259	12	merely	merely	ADV
acarelar-5812	259	13	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	259	14	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	260	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	260	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	260	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	260	4	appeal	appeal	NOUN
acarelar-5812	260	5	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	260	6	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	260	7	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	260	8	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	260	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	260	10	applying	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	260	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	260	12	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	260	13	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	260	14	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	260	15	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	260	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	261	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	261	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	261	3	determined	determine	VERB
acarelar-5812	261	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	261	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	261	6	deviations	deviation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	261	7	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	261	8	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	261	9	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	261	10	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	261	11	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	261	12	impact	impact	VERB
acarelar-5812	261	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	261	14	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	261	15	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	261	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	261	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	261	18	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	261	19	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	262	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	262	2	judgment	judgment	NOUN
acarelar-5812	262	3	reinforced	reinforce	VERB
acarelar-5812	262	4	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	262	5	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	262	6	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	262	7	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	262	8	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	262	9	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	262	10	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	262	11	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
acarelar-5812	262	12	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	262	13	validate	validate	VERB
acarelar-5812	262	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	262	15	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	262	16	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	263	1	bola	bola	PROPN
acarelar-5812	263	2	tinubu	tinubu	PROPN
acarelar-5812	263	3	v	v	PROPN
acarelar-5812	263	4	olusola	olusola	PROPN
acarelar-5812	263	5	oke.48	oke.48	PROPN
acarelar-5812	264	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	264	2	petitioner	petitioner	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	3	challenged	challenge	VERB
acarelar-5812	264	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	264	5	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	6	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	7	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	264	8	grounds	ground	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	9	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	264	10	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	264	11	flaws	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	12	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	264	13	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	264	14	issues	issue	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	15	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	264	16	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	264	17	recording	recording	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	18	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	264	19	declaration	declaration	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	20	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	264	21	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	264	22	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	265	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	265	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	265	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	265	4	reviewed	review	VERB
acarelar-5812	265	5	whether	whether	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	265	6	these	these	DET
acarelar-5812	265	7	flaws	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	265	8	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	265	9	significant	significant	ADJ
acarelar-5812	265	10	enough	enough	ADV
acarelar-5812	265	11	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	265	12	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	265	13	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	265	14	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	265	15	's	's	PART
acarelar-5812	265	16	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	265	17	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	266	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	266	2	supreme	supreme	PROPN
acarelar-5812	266	3	court	court	PROPN
acarelar-5812	266	4	upheld	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	266	5	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	266	6	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	266	7	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	266	8	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	266	9	emphasizing	emphasize	VERB
acarelar-5812	266	10	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	266	11	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	266	12	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	266	13	flaws	flaw	NOUN
acarelar-5812	266	14	were	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	266	15	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	266	16	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	266	17	did	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	266	18	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	266	19	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	266	20	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	266	21	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	266	22	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	266	23	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	267	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	267	2	court	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	267	3	applied	apply	VERB
acarelar-5812	267	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	267	5	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	267	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	267	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	267	8	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	267	9	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	267	10	reinforcing	reinforce	VERB
acarelar-5812	267	11	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	267	12	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	267	13	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	267	14	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	267	15	was	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	267	16	valid	valid	ADJ
acarelar-5812	267	17	despite	despite	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	267	18	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	267	19	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	267	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	268	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	268	2	principle	principle	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	3	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	268	4	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	268	5	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	6	ensures	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	268	7	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	268	8	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	9	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	268	10	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	268	11	invalidated	invalidate	VERB
acarelar-5812	268	12	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	268	13	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	268	14	errors	error	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	15	or	or	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	268	16	procedural	procedural	ADJ
acarelar-5812	268	17	lapses	lapse	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	268	19	thus	thus	ADV
acarelar-5812	268	20	upholding	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	268	21	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	268	22	democratic	democratic	ADJ
acarelar-5812	268	23	process	process	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	24	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	268	25	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	268	26	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	268	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	268	28	core	core	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	29	requirements	requirement	NOUN
acarelar-5812	268	30	are	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	268	31	met	meet	VERB
acarelar-5812	268	32	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	269	1	9	9	X
acarelar-5812	269	2	.	.	X
acarelar-5812	269	3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	4	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	269	5	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	6	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	269	7	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	269	8	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	9	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	269	10	deemed	deem	VERB
acarelar-5812	269	11	essential	essential	ADJ
acarelar-5812	269	12	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	269	13	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	269	14	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	269	15	jurisprudence	jurisprudence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	16	as	as	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	269	17	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	269	18	upholds	uphold	VERB
acarelar-5812	269	19	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	269	20	stability	stability	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	21	while	while	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	269	22	ensuring	ensure	VERB
acarelar-5812	269	23	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	269	24	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	269	25	will	will	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	26	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	269	27	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	269	28	people	people	NOUN
acarelar-5812	269	29	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	269	30	respected	respect	VERB
acarelar-5812	269	31	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	270	1	it	it	PRON
acarelar-5812	270	2	reflects	reflect	VERB
acarelar-5812	270	3	a	a	DET
acarelar-5812	270	4	balanced	balanced	ADJ
acarelar-5812	270	5	approach	approach	NOUN
acarelar-5812	270	6	where	where	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	270	7	minor	minor	ADJ
acarelar-5812	270	8	irregularities	irregularity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	270	9	do	do	AUX
acarelar-5812	270	10	not	not	PART
acarelar-5812	270	11	automatically	automatically	ADV
acarelar-5812	270	12	lead	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	270	13	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	270	14	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	270	15	nullification	nullification	NOUN
acarelar-5812	270	16	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	270	17	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	270	18	results	result	NOUN
acarelar-5812	270	19	unless	unless	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	270	20	they	they	PRON
acarelar-5812	270	21	substantially	substantially	ADV
acarelar-5812	270	22	affect	affect	VERB
acarelar-5812	270	23	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	270	24	outcome	outcome	NOUN
acarelar-5812	270	25	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	271	1	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	271	2	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	3	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	271	4	supported	support	VERB
acarelar-5812	271	5	by	by	ADP
acarelar-5812	271	6	numerous	numerous	ADJ
acarelar-5812	271	7	case	case	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	8	laws	law	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	9	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	271	10	statutory	statutory	ADJ
acarelar-5812	271	11	provisions	provision	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	12	that	that	PRON
acarelar-5812	271	13	guide	guide	VERB
acarelar-5812	271	14	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
acarelar-5812	271	15	courts	court	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	16	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	271	17	election	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	18	dispute	dispute	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	19	resolution	resolution	NOUN
acarelar-5812	271	20	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	272	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	272	2	problem	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	3	with	with	ADP
acarelar-5812	272	4	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	272	5	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	6	is	be	AUX
acarelar-5812	272	7	that	that	SCONJ
acarelar-5812	272	8	there	there	PRON
acarelar-5812	272	9	is	be	VERB
acarelar-5812	272	10	no	no	DET
acarelar-5812	272	11	yardstick	yardstick	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	12	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	272	13	measure	measure	VERB
acarelar-5812	272	14	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	272	15	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	16	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	272	17	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	272	18	politicians	politician	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	19	have	have	AUX
acarelar-5812	272	20	utilized	utilize	VERB
acarelar-5812	272	21	this	this	DET
acarelar-5812	272	22	loophole	loophole	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	23	to	to	PART
acarelar-5812	272	24	perpetuate	perpetuate	VERB
acarelar-5812	272	25	all	all	DET
acarelar-5812	272	26	forms	form	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	27	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	272	28	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	272	29	malpractices	malpractice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	30	including	include	VERB
acarelar-5812	272	31	violence	violence	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	32	during	during	ADP
acarelar-5812	272	33	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	272	34	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	273	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	273	2	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	273	3	unintentionally	unintentionally	ADV
acarelar-5812	273	4	encourages	encourage	VERB
acarelar-5812	273	5	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	273	6	malpractices	malpractice	NOUN
acarelar-5812	273	7	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	273	8	undermining	undermine	VERB
acarelar-5812	273	9	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	273	10	overall	overall	ADJ
acarelar-5812	273	11	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	273	12	of	of	ADP
acarelar-5812	273	13	elections	election	NOUN
acarelar-5812	273	14	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	273	15	democracy	democracy	NOUN
acarelar-5812	273	16	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	273	17	general	general	ADJ
acarelar-5812	273	18	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	274	1	the	the	DET
acarelar-5812	274	2	doctrine	doctrine	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	3	equally	equally	ADV
acarelar-5812	274	4	leads	lead	VERB
acarelar-5812	274	5	to	to	ADP
acarelar-5812	274	6	such	such	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	7	problems	problem	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	8	like	like	ADP
acarelar-5812	274	9	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	10	discretion	discretion	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	11	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	274	12	inconsistency	inconsistency	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	13	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	274	14	uncertainty	uncertainty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	15	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	274	16	increased	increase	VERB
acarelar-5812	274	17	litigation	litigation	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	18	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	274	19	potential	potential	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	20	for	for	ADP
acarelar-5812	274	21	judicial	judicial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	22	bias	bias	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	23	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	274	24	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	25	in	in	ADP
acarelar-5812	274	26	proving	prove	VERB
acarelar-5812	274	27	substantial	substantial	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	28	non	non	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	29	–	–	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	274	30	compliance	compliance	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	31	,	,	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	274	32	impact	impact	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	33	on	on	ADP
acarelar-5812	274	34	electoral	electoral	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	35	integrity	integrity	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	36	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	274	37	tension	tension	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	38	between	between	ADP
acarelar-5812	274	39	legal	legal	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	40	formalism	formalism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	41	and	and	CCONJ
acarelar-5812	274	42	practical	practical	ADJ
acarelar-5812	274	43	realism	realism	NOUN
acarelar-5812	274	44	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	275	1	46	46	NUM
acarelar-5812	275	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	275	3	2016	2016	NUM
acarelar-5812	275	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	275	5	lpelr-40484(sc	lpelr-40484(sc	NOUN
acarelar-5812	275	6	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	275	7	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	276	1	47	47	NUM
acarelar-5812	276	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	276	3	2017	2017	NUM
acarelar-5812	276	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	276	5	lpelr-41922(ca	lpelr-41922(ca	NOUN
acarelar-5812	276	6	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	276	7	.	.	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	277	1	48	48	NUM
acarelar-5812	277	2	(	(	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	277	3	2022	2022	NUM
acarelar-5812	277	4	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	277	5	lpelr-59470(sc	lpelr-59470(sc	NOUN
acarelar-5812	277	6	)	)	PUNCT
acarelar-5812	277	7	.	.	PUNCT