Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has condemned a Federal High Court ruling directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties.
Sowore described the development as undemocratic and
inconsistent with the principles of a multi-party democracy.
In a post on X on Monday, the human rights activist
criticised the deregistration of political parties that had already concluded
their primaries and were preparing for future elections.
“I totally condemn the deregistration of political parties
that have already concluded their primaries and are preparing for general
elections. Such an action is undemocratic and unjustifiable in a multi-party
democracy, it shall not stand,” he wrote.
Sowore’s reaction followed a judgment delivered by Justice
Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which ordered INEC to deregister
five political parties for allegedly failing to meet constitutional
requirements for continued registration.
The affected parties are the African Democratic Congress,
the Action Peoples Party, the Action Alliance, the Accord Party and the Zenith
Labour Party.
In the judgment delivered on Monday, the court held that the
parties breached provisions of Section 225 of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
The section empowers INEC to deregister political parties
that fail to secure elective positions during elections at the federal, state
and local government levels.
Justice Lifu ruled that the affected parties no longer met
the constitutional threshold required to retain their registration and
consequently directed the electoral commission to remove them from the list of
recognised political parties.
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