Court orders INEC to de-register NDC, overturns earlier judgment

Court orders NDC de registration

…Party vows to appeal  The Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has set aside its earlier judgment that compelled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. The latest ruling effectively reverses the legal basis upon which the NDC had been listed by INEC, throwing the party’s status into uncertainty and preventing it from operating as a recognised political party for now. Earlier this year, the NDC secured a Federal High Court judgement in Lokoja, Kogi State, in Suit…

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