The Court of Appeal in Abuja has suspended the enforcement of a Federal High Court judgment that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties.
In an unanimous ruling on Tuesday, a three-member panel of the appellate court led by Justice A. B. Mohammed ordered that the judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu remain on hold pending the hearing and determination of the appeal against the decision.
The panel said Lifu’s action was “the highest form of judicial impertinence,” stressing that the Supreme Court previously held that a judge who acted in such manner “is unfit for the bench as it amounts to judicial rascality.”
The appellate court held that Justice Lifu’s action amounted to an affront on the hierarchy of courts.
It held that the lower court’s action was “the highest form of judicial impertinence,” stressing that the Supreme Court
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