The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has nullified the deregistration of 74 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Court Sets aside judgement by the Federal High Court upholding INEC’s de-registration action saying the exercise was illegal for not following due process.
The court ordered that the 74 deregistered political parties should be relisted as registered political parties.
Speaking to Channel Network Afrique on the development, the National Chairman of the Progressive People Alliance, Chief Peter Ameh said ” the judgement was a victory to democracy, as you know when there is injustice in a process, God always fight as I put my trust in God.
“You have known me for a very long time as a fighter for the truth even when I was left alone in the course of the struggle on several occasion, God has always prove Himself”.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday, February 6, deregistered 74 political parties as preparations for the 2023 general elections gather momentum.
The decision then left Nigeria with 18 political parties, according to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a press conference in Abuja.
The successful parties were Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Allied Peoples Movement.
Others were Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party, and Zenith Labour Party.
According to the INEC boss, 75 parties didn’t satisfy the requirement but one went to court.
Mahmood also said the Booth Party, which registered after 2019, would continue to exist despite agitation from stakeholders.
