A 18 2011 No. 2 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Second Alteration) Act (3) The decisions of the Court of Appeal in respect of appeals arising from the National and State r-Iouses of Assembly election petitions shall be final". EsTABLISHMENT OF ELECfiON TRIBUNALS AND TtME FOR D ETERMINATION OF ELECfiON PETITIONS Substitution for Secti on 285 of the Constitution and secti on 29 of the First Alterati on Act. 9. Section 29 of the Filrst Alteration Act and section 285 of the Constitution are substituted for the following new section" (1) There shall be established for the each State of the Federation and the Federal .Capital Territory, one or more election tribunals to be known as the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunals which shall , to the exclusion of any Court or tribunal, have original jurisdiction to hear and determine petitions as to whether(a) any person has bee10 validly elected as a member of the National Assembly ; or (b) any person has been validly elected as a member of the House of Assembly of a State. (2) There shall be established in each State of the Federation an election tribunal to be known as the Governorship Election Tribunal which sha11, to the exclusion of any court or tribunal. have original jurisdiction to hear and determine petitions as to whether any person has been validly elected to the office of Governor or Deputy Governor of a State. (3) The composition of the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal and the Governorship Election Tribunal, respectively, shall be as set out in the Sixth Schedule to this Constitution. (4) The quorum of an election tribunal established under this section shall be the Chairman and ome other member. (5) An election petition shall be filed within 21 days a fter the date of the declaration of result of the el,ections ; (6) An e lection tribunal shall deliver its judgment in writing within 180 days from the date of the filing of the petition ; . (7) An appeal from a decision of an election tribunal or Court ofApJ~ eal in an election mauer shall be heard and disposed of within 60 days from the date of the delivery of judgment of the tribunal or Court of Appeal. (8) The court. in all final appeals from an election tribunal or court may adopt the practice offrrst gjving its decision and reserving the reasons therefore to a later date".