Nigerian court orders electoral body to deregister main opposition party, four others
The appellate court said the deregistration order would remain paused while it hears the appeal, preserving the five parties' registration status.
- On Tuesday, the Court of Appeal in Abuja granted a stay of execution on a Federal High Court judgment, temporarily preserving the registration status of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and four other political parties ahead of the 2027 general elections.
- Federal High Court Judge Peter Lifu ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister the parties on Monday, holding they failed to meet constitutional thresholds stipulated under section 225 of the Nigerian Constitution.
- A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal berated Judge Lifu on Tuesday for ignoring a pending appeal; INEC itself initiated the application to stay the execution of the deregistration order.
- Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential Candidate of the ADC, welcomed the appellate court's intervention in a statement, calling the preservation of his party's registration status a positive development.
- The deregistration order originated from a suit filed by the Incorporated Trustees of the National Forum of Former Legislators against INEC, though a group has since petitioned the NJC and the CJN regarding Judge Lifu's conduct.
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