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Updated: February 17, 2020

Court Stops INEC From Deregistering 31 Political Parties

By Kindness Udoh
February 17, 2020
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from de-registering political parties in the country.

INEC had on February 6, 2020, de-registered 31 political parties in the country.

However, Justice Anwuli Chikere ordered the electoral body to stay action on the matter with immediate effect.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in an interlocutory motion with suit number: FHC//ABJ/ CS/444/19 between Advanced Congress of Democratic (ACD) and 2 others Vs. Attorney General of the Federation and another (INEC), the applicants had on Oct. 30, 2019, approached the court.