KOWA Party and Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party , on Friday, said they would challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission in court for de-registering them.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, on Thursday, announced that the commission had de-registered 74 out of the 92 registered political parties for failure to meet the requirements of the Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution. “We were shocked when the news hit the airwaves that 74 political parties have been de-registered by INEC, KOWA party inclusive.
“We won a House of Assembly seat in 2011 and a councilorship position in 2018 while maintaining our national headquarters in the FCT and state headquarters across the country,” he said.