A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, to restore the registration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, and reinstate Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo and other members of its Board of Trustees.
The court also directed that the interim management committee led by Buhari Shehu, appointed by CAC and the Ministry of Youths Development to oversee the affairs of the council, be immediately disbanded, declaring its constitution and continued operation unlawful.
Justice Binta Nyako, who delivered the judgment, held that the CAC, as a regulatory agency, lacks the statutory powers to determine the tenure of leaders of an organization or to constitute an interim management committee for any registered association.
The commission, on October 6, 2025, withdrew the NYCN certificate of registration that had earlier been issued on October 28, 2020.
Following that development, the CAC and the Ministry of Youth Development set up a nine-member Interim Management Committee led by Shehu on October 7, 2025.
Sukubo, who serves as NYCN President and Secretary of the BoT, and one other filed Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/2142/2025 at the Federal High Court, seeking a determination on several constitutional and legal issues.
They challenged whether provisions of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020 empowering CAC to suspend trustees, appoint interim managers, and set up administrative committees are consistent with Sections 39, 40, and 251 of the Constitution, which guarantee freedom of association and vest jurisdiction in the Federal High Court for such disputes.
They also
