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PEOPLES PROGRESSIVE PARTY REGAINS REGISTRATION
PPP Press Release; 27th January 2016

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FEDERAL HIGH COURT SITTING IN ABUJA, THURSDAY 17TH DECEMBER 2015, NULLIFIED THE DE-REGISTRATION OF PPP BY THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC); QUASHES THE POWERS OF INEC TO DEREGISTER POLITICAL PARTIES; AND ORDERS INEC TO RE-INSTATE PEOPLES PROGRESSIVE PARTY (PPP) AS A DULY RECOGNIZED AND REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTY IN NIGERIA.

 

The Court issued the following orders:

 

1. A declaration that Section 78(7) (ii) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) is unconstitutional, invalid, null and void to the extent of its inconsistency and a violation of the provisions of Sections 1 (3), 40 and 221-229 of the Constitution of the FRN, 1999 (as amended).

 

2. A declaration that the 1st Defendant, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot de-register the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs, being political parties, except in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of the FRN, 1999 (as amended).

 

3. A declaration that the purported de-registration of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs by the 1st Defendant on the basis of Section 78(7) (i) and (ii) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) without affording the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs the opportunities of being HEARD AMOUNTED TO GROSS VIOLATION OF Sections 36 and 40 and Sections 221-222 of the Constitution of the FRN, 1999 (as amended).

 

4. An order of the Honourable Court nullifying and or setting aside the purported de-registration of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs as announced by the 1st Defendant on Thursday, 5th December, 2012 and published in the Daily Sun Newspapers of Friday, December, 7, 2012 and Thursday, December 13, 2012 as same is illegal unconstitutional and null and void.

 

5. An order directing and or mandating the 1st Defendant to restore the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs as political parties in Nigeria and as well as directing the 1st Defendant, her officers and or agents to continue to recognize and deal with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs as political parties in Nigeria.

 

6. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the 1st Defendant from further attempting to implement and or implementing and enforcing the said de-registration policy of the 1st Defendant against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Plaintiffs, their offices, properties and assets.

 

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