ThisDay· 1h ago· 1 min read
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has nullified the judgment of a Federal High Court, that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and four other political parties.
A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, in a judgment delivered on Tuesday, held that the trial court was wrong to have assumed jurisdiction in the suit filed by a non-juristic person.
Recall that Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court in Abuja, had on June 15, ordered INEC to deregister the five political parties because they failed to comply with the provision of Section 225A of the Nigerian Constitution.
Dissatisfied, the political parties which includes; ADC, Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), had approached the appellate court to upturn the judgment of…
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