Reacting to the development, the NDC said it had instructed its legal team to immediately challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal, maintaining that the party had not been deregistered. In a statement issued on Friday, Sen. Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, the national chairman of the party said it was compelled to approach the Federal High Court in 2025 after INEC refused to register it as a political party, adding that the court upheld its...

Party Heads to Court of Appeal Obi Calls Ruling ‘Setback for Democracy’ The Federal High Court in Lokoja has set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party, nullifying all actions taken pursuant to the ruling and reopening the legal battle over the party’s registration. Justice Isah Dashen, who delivered the ruling on Friday, held that the court’s judgment of December...