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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties over alleged failure to meet constitutional requirements for continued registration.
The judge, Peter Lifu, made the order in a judgement on Monday.
He noted that the affected parties breached Section 225 of the Nigerian constitution.
The section gives INEC the power to deregister political parties that have failed to win any elective position in the previous round of elections at the federal, state and local
