The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in separate appeals challenging the Federal High Court’s decision ordering the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties.
A three-member panel led by Justice Abba Bello Mohammed fixed judgment for a date to be communicated to the parties after counsel adopted their respective briefs of argument.
The appellants are the African Democratic Congress, the Action Peoples Party, the Action Alliance, the Accord Party and the Zenith Labour Party.
Counsel for the Accord Party, Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), urged the appellate court to allow the appeal and set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court, describing it as a nullity.
He argued that the trial judge, Justice Peter Lifu, erred in law by reaching findings and conclusions allegedly unsupported by law.
