Court Upholds INEC's Power To Deregister Political Parties
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed the power of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister political parties.
The electoral body had deregister some political parties which performed poorly in the 2019 elections.
But some of the affected parties had rejected the action of INEC, challenging it in court.
The Democratic Peoples Party (DPR) and Reform and Advancement Party (RAP) had filed another suit to challenge the deregistration.
Justice Nkeonye Maha, in a ruling on Wednesday, dismissed their suit.
The court said the two parties were in breach of section 225A of the Constitution and therefore affirmed that INEC is not only right but has power under the constitution to deregister them.
The parties are among 74 non-performing parties deregistered by INEC on 6th February, 2020.
On June 5th, the Federal High Court presided by Justice Taiwo Taiwo had earlier upheld the power of INEC to deregister political parties.
