The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party on Tuesday welcomed the decision of the Court of Appeal to suspend the execution of a Federal High Court judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister five political parties, describing the appellate court’s intervention as a victory for democracy and the rule of law.
The appellate court had halted the implementation of a controversial judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, Action Peoples Party, Action Alliance, Accord Party and Zenith Labour Party.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, factional National Publicity Secretary, Obiora Ifoh, faulted Justice Lifu’s decision, accusing the judge of disregarding established legal principles and judicial hierarchy in delivering the ruling.
Ifoh expressed concern over what he described as the deterioration of standards within parts of the judiciary, alleging that the same judge had previously delivered
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