A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana, on Friday, said the Nigerian constitution empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission to deregister political parties under certain conditions.
He, however, said the deregistration of 74 out of the existing 102 political parties by INEC on Thursday was premature.
INEC, presumably on this account, announced the deregistration of 74 out the political parties, leaving only 28. The SAN explained that the constitution was amended in 2017 to empower INEC to deregister political parties but it was just being implemented now.Section 225A states, “The Independent National Electoral Commission shall have power to de-register a political party for breach of any of the requirements for registration;
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