An association, Citizens Democratic Alliance (CDA), has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of failing to comply with a Federal High Court judgment directing the electoral body to register it as a political party.
In a statement issued on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of the association, Umar Abdullahi, said INEC had neither issued it with a Certificate of Registration nor provided any explanation for its failure to comply with the court’s order.
He said the continued delay amounted to disregard for the rule of law and called on the commission to implement the judgement without further delay.
According to Mr Abdullahi, the Federal High Court, in the judgement delivered on 23 June, ordered INEC to issue the CDA with its Certificate of Registration within seven days of receiving the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgment.
He said the association obtained and served the CTC on the commission on 1 July, meaning the deadline expired on 8 July.
