The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday nullified the deregistration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria and ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission to restore the council’s certificate of registration and reinstate Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo and other members of its Board of Trustees.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Binta Nyako, the court held that the CAC acted beyond its statutory powers when it withdrew the NYCN’s registration and subsequently constituted an Interim Management Committee to oversee the affairs of the organisation.
The court further ordered the immediate dissolution of the nine-member IMC led by Buhari Shehu, which was jointly established by the CAC and the Federal Ministry of Youth Development following the withdrawal of the council’s registration.
The dispute arose after the CAC, on October 6, 2025, withdrew the NYCN’s certificate of registration, which had originally been issued on October 28, 2020.
A day later, the commission and
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