ADC, Accord, APP, AAP, ZLP face make or mar judgment in deregistration legal battle

Five governmental parties accused of being successful gross breach of the 1999 Constitution will today, Friday, astatine the Federal High Court successful Abuja person their fates decided connected whether they would beryllium eligible to enactment successful the 2027 wide elections oregon not. 

The legality of their beingness arsenic registered and recognized governmental parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) volition beryllium decided successful a marque oregon mar judgement billed to beryllium handed down by Justice Peter Odo Lifu. 

The parties facing deregistration ineligible conflict instituted against them by a radical of erstwhile lawmakers successful the state are the David Mark-led African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action People’s Party (APP), Accord Party, (AP) Zenith Labour Party, (ZLP) and the Action Alliance Party, (AAP).

A civilian nine group, the Incorporated Trustees of the National Forum of Former Legislators (NFFL) dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, earlier the tribunal praying for an bid to compel it to deregister the 5 parties and prohibit them from participating successful governmental activities successful the country.

The radical predicated its absorption against the beingness of the parties connected the alleged violations of the 1999 Constitutional provisions guiding enactment registration, designation and existence. 

Incidentally, the Attorney-General of the Federation, (AGF) and Minister...