Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticised the judgement of a federal high court in Lokoja, Kogi state, which set aside the order directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the party.
The court vacated its December 10, 2025, judgement compelling INEC to register the NDC as a political party.
Delivering the ruling in suit marked FHC/LKJ/CS/49/2025, Isah Dashen, the presiding judge, held that the December 10, 2025, judgement was delivered without hearing all necessary parties, rendering the proceedings constitutionally defective.
According to NAN, the ruling followed an application by the Peace Movement Party (PMP), which argued that it had a legal interest in the case and should have been made a party before the court delivered judgement.
Dashen also ruled that material facts were not disclosed during the earlier proceedings and ordered that the substantive suit begin
