NDC insists it remains legally recognised, appeals court judgment

By Henry Umoru

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has appealed last week’s Lokoja Federal High Court judgment, mandating the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to recognise the NDC as a political party pending when all legal issues surrounding it are resolved.

The NDC has maintained that it remains a legally recognised political party despite the recent judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, assuring its members and supporters that the ruling did not amount to the party’s deregistration.

Speaking with Vanguard on the development Monday in Abuja, the NDC National Publicity Secretary, Osa Director, said that the party has appealed the case, saying, “Our legal team were in Lokoja to file the stay of execution on the ruling, we are waiting for them to return to Abuja with the documents.”

Meanwhile, the National Secretary of the party, Barr. Ikenna Enekweizu has explained that the court merely set aside an earlier judgment that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC, stressing that the court did not issue any order dissolving or deregistering the party.