The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has welcomed the Court of Appeal judgement nullifying the Federal High Court’s earlier ruling deregistering the party.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Peter Lifu, a judge of the Federal High Court, ordered on 15 June that INEC deregister ADC and four other political parties, saying they failed to satisfy the constitutional requirements for their continued existence.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday overturned a lower court’s judgement deregistering the five parties ahead of the 2027 general elections and other off-cycle polls coming up within the year.
The other parties are the Accord Party, Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
Mr Mark, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the ADC national chairman, Kola Ologbondiyan, on Tuesday in Abuja, said the judgement had restored confidence in the nation’s judiciary.
