Appeal Court Reserves Judgment In ADC, Four Other Parties' Challenge To Deregistration Order

The affected political parties are the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgment in separate appeals filed by the African Democratic Congress (ADC), four other political parties and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against a Federal High Court judgment ordering their deregistration.

A three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice Abba Bello Mohammed fixed judgment for a date to be communicated to the parties after lawyers adopted their written briefs.

The affected political parties are the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

Counsel for the Accord Party, Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), urged the court to nullify the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, arguing that it was legally defective.