The Court of Appeal has suspended the execution of the Abuja Federal High Court’s judgement ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party, and three other political parties.
Government
This is coming hours after the lower court ordered the deregistration of the parties over failure to meet the constitutional requirements for political parties in the country.
The Federal High Court had in a judgement delivered on Monday by Justice Peter Lifu ordered the deregistration of the ADC, Accord Party, as well as the Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal suspended the execution of the judgement on Tuesday.
The appellate court described the development as the highest form of judicial impertinence, stating that the trial judge brazenly disregarded its earlier order.
Politics
The panel of justices held that Justice Lifu exhibited judicial rascality by going ahead to hear and make the order despite the order of the Court of Appeal and the pendency of the matter before the court.
It ordered a stay of the execution of the judgment.
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