37 reflected in its totality so that the background to the direction of this Court is captured. Accordingly, we quote verbatim the motion to recuse, filed before the Board, as follows, to wit: “MOTION TO RECUSE And now comes Appellants and most respectfully moves this Honorable Board of Commissioners of the National Elections Commission (NEC) as follows to wit: 1. That on October 23, 2017, 1st Appellants filed a Complaint with the NEC alleging violations of the Constitution, Elections Law, fraudulent acts and gross irregularities during the conduct of the October 10, 2017 Presidential and Representatives Elections. 2. That on October 29, 2017, the Appellee filed its Answer to Complaint of 1st Appellants 3. That 1st Appellants subsequently took the stand and presented evidence in support of its Complaint, and rested with the production of evidence. 4. That thereafter 2nd Appellants filed a Motion to Intervene. Following denial of the Motion to Intervene by the Hearing Officer, same was granted on appeal, by the Board of Commissioners. 5. That surprisingly, and to the utmost shock of the Appellants, the Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the NEC, Cllr. Jerome Korkoya, at several press briefings, made public statements that reveals that he, the Chairman, cannot serve as an impartial judge in the matter when it is heard before the Board of Commissioners on Appeal. In substantiation of this allegation Appellants showeth the following: (a) The Frontpage Africa, November 3, 2017 edition carries that "In an attempt to discredit the Commission, these political parties are all out to just fabricate. They took "Know your candidates' ballot papers" we gave to everybodypolitical parties, civil society groups, they cut it and because it carries pictures, they put it on social media and said they found ballot papers buried in septic tank. -Cllr. Jerome Korkoya, Chairman, National Elections Commission". The paper went further to report that, "Contrary to claims being made by some political parties that October 10 elections had many flaws and irregularities that put its integrity to question. Chairman Korkoya said the Commission stands by the election results published." Copy of the Newspaper is hereto attached, as Appellants' Exhibit "A." (b) The Daily Observer Newspaper, Thursday, November 9, 2017, edition reports that, "Amid growing concerns of alleged irregularities and frauds emanating from the October 10 polls, the Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Cllr. Jerome George Korkoya, has termed the allegations as "politically motivated." Copy of the Newspaper is hereto attached, as Appellants' Exhibit `B." (c) The FrontPage Newspaper Thursday, November 9, 2017, edition similarly reports that "Cllr. Jerome Korkoya, Chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC) has termed as politically motivated allegations of electoral fraud made by some political parties..." Copy of the Newspaper is hereto attached, as Appellants' Exhibit "C." (d) The Inquirer Newspaper, Thursday, November 9, 2017, edition reports that, "The Chairman of the National Elections Commission is calling on the