32 political parties lose battle to reverse deregistration

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the applications filed by the 32 deregistered political parties against theThe judge, Anwuli Chikere, in her judgment, held that the plaintiffs failed to prove their case that the power of the electoral umpire to deregister them could not be exercisable.However, in a motion on notice with suit number: FHC//ABJ/ CS/444/19 between Advanced Congress of Democrats and 32 others Vs.

“The plaintiffs have been canvassing for votes and nominating candidates for elections into electoral constituencies in Nigeria.” It stated further that the parties failed to meet the guidelines as stipulated by the constitution as they had failed to win a seat in all the elections conducted in the country whether presidential, governorship, chairmanship or counsellorship poll.

“This court cannot manufacture evidence to advance the course of the plaintiffs. The law is that he who asserts must prove,” the judge held, quoting Section 131 of the Evidence Act. Mrs Chikere said Section 225 , and of the amended 1999 Constitution stated that “INEC shall have power to deregister a political party for bridge of any of the requirements for registration; failure to win at least 25 per cent of the votes cast in one state of the nation in a presidential election, one local government of a state in a governorship election and failure to win at least one ward in a chairmanship election, one seat in national or state house of assembly election and one seat in...

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