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INEC had last year deregistered the parties over their failure to win any seat during the 2019 general election

Okoye said this in a statement on Friday following agitation for the Commission to recognise the 74 political parties it once deregistered

Justice Taiwo Taiwo found that INEC validly exercised its powers in Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), when it terminated NUP’s political party status.

They raised the alarm during a solidarity visit to Saraki, in Abuja on Thursday in connection to blockade of the National Assembly by security operatives on Tuesday.

He said the lingering herdsmen-farmers crisis, the armed robbery in Offa, Kwara, and the recent attack on the Senate by suspected thugs was an indication that the security agencies were not in control.

Opara told News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the coalition, which he described as “loose alliance’’ would not necessarily be a merger of political parties, but platform for presidential victory at first ballot.