The Nigerian Court of Appeal Has Ordered The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC] to reinstate ACD and 22 other party other parties after their deregistration by the commission in 2019.
The court made this order after an appeal was filed by the ACD and the 22 other parties.
INEC after the conclusion of the 2019 general election announced the deregistration of 74 political parties on account of not winning a single seat in the general election.
The Federal High Court, however, Cited the fact that INEC has powers to deregister them.
But it also argued that INEC cannot exercise its power as provided by section 225 A until it has conducted election into all elective offices listed in the said section.
According to section 225A, INEC can deregister a political party if the party was found to have breached any of the requirements for registration or failed to win at least 25 per cent of votes cast in an election.
The court further stated that INEC failed to comply with section 225(A) of the 1999 Constitution as amended because it did not provide reasons for the deregistration of the political parties.
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