Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the de-registration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four political parties.
The other parties affected are: Actions People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Accord Party (AP).
With the judgement, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the ADC. may not be fielded for the 2027 Presidential election.
The Court said the parties failed to meet the constitutional threshold of section 225 of the 1999 Constitution.
Section 225 of the 1999 Constitution gives the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to deregister parties that failed to meet the constitutional threshold.
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