Deregistration: Appeal Court should stop Justice Lifu from sitting as judge – Maxwell Okpara

Human rights lawyer, Maxwell Okpara, has said the Court of Appeal should person made an bid directing Justice Peter Lifu to halt sitting arsenic justice successful court.

Okpara made this connection on Wednesday during an interrogation connected Arise Television’s ‘Morning Show’.

He was reacting to the judgement fixed by Justice Lifu to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ordering it to deregister the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and different governmental parties.

Meanwhile, the Appeal Court successful Abuja on Tuesday ordered a enactment of execution of the judgment.

Okpara expressed wonderment what instrumentality students connected internship nether the justice would larn with his caller judgment.

“I privation to besides convey Court of Appeal for coming to rescue judiciary. It’s not capable for Court of Appeal to picture Justice Lifus’ judgement arsenic a rascality.

“The Appeal Court should person besides gone up making an bid directing that helium should halt sitting until the National Judicial Council, NJC, looks astatine the circumstances that gave emergence for a little tribunal to jettison the determination of a higher tribunal and springiness a ruling.

“So, present the q...