Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, and presided over by Justice Peter Lifu has ordered the deregistration of African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties over failure to meet the constitutional requirements for political parties in the country.
In a judgment, Justice Lifu ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregistered the affected parties, having failed to secure 25 per cent of the votes in the last general elections in compliance with the provisions of the law.
The five political parties include ADC, Accord Party (AP), Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
The judge, who earlier dismissed all the multiple preliminary objections filed by the defendants, ordered INEC not to allow the parties to participate in the subsequent elections, including the 2027 general elections, having failed to meet the constitutional requirements.
A group, the Incorporated Trustees of the National Forum of Former Legislators, had filed the suit against the five political parties.