2027 Election: Appeal Court Validates Registration Of NDC As Political Party
The party said its registration remains valid, and officials said it will field candidates in 2027 after the appeal overturned a deregistration order.
- In a split decision, the Court of Appeal in Abuja restored the Nigeria Democratic Congress registration, clearing the party to participate in the 2027 general elections.
- The appellate panel overturned the Federal High Court's ruling in Lokoja, Kogi State, which ordered the NDC's deregistration, holding the lower court abused its power by attempting to reverse its own December 10, 2025, judgment.
- Writing for the majority, Justices Mohammed Danjuma and Muslim Sule Hassan dismissed Peace Movement Party claims regarding the NDC logo, while Justice Okon Abang dissented from the decision.
- National Leader Henry Seriake Dickson affirmed the party's valid registration and called for members to concentrate on defeating the APC in the 2027 elections.
- The NDC plans to expand the frontier of multiparty democracy in Nigeria, with leadership expressing confidence in their candidates and campaign strategy for the forthcoming elections.
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has overturned a Federal High Court ruling that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, as a political party. The case followed an earlier Federal High Court judgement concerning the party’s registration, which was later set aside after the Peace Movement Party …
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, which had reversed an earlier order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. In a 2-1 majority decision delivered on Friday, September 18, […]
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