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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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