The Court of Appeal in Abuja has vacated the judgment that directed INEC to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties accused of failing to meet constitutional requirements. The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, recently held that the order which the Federal High Court issued to the electoral body on June 15 amounted to a nullity.
According to the court, there was no valid suit that could have warranted the consequential order that directed INEC to derecognise the political parties.
Stressing that proof that the parties won various seats in previous elections was ignored, it added that the trial court failed to properly evaluate evidence placed before it.
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