The Nigeria Democratic Congress has said it has assembled a team of lawyers to challenge a Federal High Court ruling in Lokoja, Kogi State, that set aside its registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, expressing confidence that the decision would be overturned.
National Leader of the party and former Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Henry Dickson, disclosed this in a statement posted on his X handle on Friday while reacting to the ruling delivered by Justice Isah Dashen.
Dickson described the court order as lacking legal merit, insisting that it was aimed at undermining the party’s foundation and shrinking Nigeria’s democratic space.
The statement reads in parts, “This morning, I, like several other leaders, officials, candidates of the NDC, and members of the public, was jolted by the order issued by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja and presided over by Honourable Justice Isah Dashen.
“All I can say
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