Tag: Abuja court

2027: Abuja court clears way for ADA registration

Aminu Imam
Abuja court ADA registration

…Orders INEC to release access code Justice Peter Lifu, of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to generate and release a fresh access code to the leadership of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), led by Chief Akin Ricketts, to facilitate the party’s registration process. The court directed INEC to release the access code to the recognised Protem Secretary of the association within 72 hours. In his judgment, Justice Lifu held that INEC acted unlawfully by issuing the access code to Umar Ardo,…

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Police arrest Sowore at Abuja Court

Aminu Imam
Police arrest Sowore

..As Kanu’s trial suffers fresh setback There was heightened tension at the Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday, as human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, was arrested by the Police shortly after proceedings in the ongoing trial of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Sowore, publisher of SaharaReporters and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, had arrived at the court premises to witness the proceedings in Kanu’s terrorism trial. However, shortly after learning that the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, would…

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