The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, seeking a stay of execution of a judgment that ordered the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties.
In a judgment on Monday, Peter Lifu, a federal high court judge, ordered the deregistration of ADC, Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) over their failure to meet the conditions for retaining their registration.
INEC has now backed an application filed by the affected parties, seeking to suspend the enforcement of the judgement pending the determination of an appeal.
At Tuesday’s proceedings, INEC said it was surprised that the high court judge delivered the judgement despite an earlier order of the appellate court halting its delivery.
Haliru Mohammed, counsel to the commission, told the three-member panel that INEC was neither
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