Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from deregistering 31 political parties.
Justice Chikere, in her ruling, said having failed to counter the application by the applicants, the affected political parties had the legal right, which must be protected.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that in an interlocutory motion, with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/444/19, between Advanced Congress of Democratic and 2 others Vs. Attorney General of the Federation and another, the applicants had on October 30, 2019, approached the court for an order stopping INEC from deregistering it.
NAN reports that INEC had on February 6 deregistered 74 political parties.
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