‘Judicial rascality’ – Atiku’s camp slams court for deregistering ADC

The campy of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the Federal High Court judgement ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister the party.

In a connection posted connected X, Atiku’s media aide, Paul Ibe, described the ruling arsenic a manifestation of a bid to entrench a one-party state.

Ibe revealed that a pending entreaty and an progressive stay-of-action bid already beryllium to antagonistic the High Court’s decision.

Recall that Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court successful Abuja connected Monday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to instantly deregister the ADC, Accord Party and others from participating successful the 2027 wide elections implicit alleged law breaches.

Reacting to the development, Atiku’s adjutant labelled it the tallness of judicial rascality and a hopeless effort by the ruling enactment to undermine the absorption up of the 2027 elections.

According to Ibe, the High Court ruling straight violates a subsisting bid from a higher court, explai...