Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has welcomed the court of appeal’s stay of execution verdict on the federal high court judgement that ordered the deregistration of five political parties, including the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
In a unanimous ruling on Tuesday, a three-member panel led by Abba Mohammed held that Peter Lifu, a federal high court judge, acted in disregard of an earlier order of the appellate court when he proceeded to deliver the judgement.
The panel said the lower court had been directed on May 22 to stay proceedings in the matter pending the determination of appeals filed before the court of appeal.
Reacting to the ruling in a post, Atiku, who is also the presidential candidate of the ADC for the 2027 elections, commended the appellate court’s intervention, describing the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) role in the appeal-seeking process as “significant”.
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