“It is trite law that where a particular word or phrase is defined in a statute, its meaning would be as so defined in the statute. No other meaning can be given to the word or phrase outside its definition by the statute. As held by this Court in Anyah & Ors. v. Iyayi (1993) 9 SCNJ 53, (1993) 7 NWLR (Pt. 305) 290. “It is settled law that where a word or phrase has been defined in an enactment that meaning must be restricted to the words so defined in the statute, the definition governs.” Therefore, the word pre-election having been defined by Section 285(14) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (the 1999 Constitution), no other meaning can be given to it, except the one given to it by its definition in Section 285(14) of the 1999 Constitution.” Per EMMANUEL AKOMAYE AGIM, JSC AGUMA v. APC & ORS (2021-LCER-40458-SC) (Pp 62 – 63 Paras D – B)