African Action Congress presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has condemned a Federal High Court ruling ordering INEC to deregister the African Democratic Congress and four other political parties, calling it undemocratic.
In a post on X Monday, Sowore criticized the deregistration of parties that had already concluded primaries and were preparing for future elections. “I totally condemn the deregistration of political parties that have already concluded their primaries and are preparing for general elections. Such an action is undemocratic and unjustifiable in a multi-party democracy, it shall not stand,” he wrote.
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja delivered the judgment Monday, directing INEC to remove ADC, Action Peoples Party, Action Alliance, Accord Party, and Zenith Labour Party from its register
The court ruled the parties breached Section 225 of the 1999 Constitution, which allows INEC to deregister parties that fail to win elections at federal, state, and local government levels. Justice Lifu held that the parties no longer met the constitutional threshold to retain registration.
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