Court Orders INEC To Register ADA

The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu on Monday also ordered the electoral body to release its Access Code for the registration of the party to the Akin Rickett-led leadership, which it said it recognised.

Another group led by Umar Ado is laying claim to the leadership of the party, and had earlier been granted access code  by the electoral umpire.

Challenging INEC’s decision, the Ricket-led group had approached the court to overturn the decision, it also prayed the court to grant some reliefs, which include that; the information uploaded into INEC’s portal by Umar Ardo or any other person on behalf of ADA, was in violation of the extant laws, and at variance with its letter of intent to INEC to be registered as a political party.

The group also prayed the court to order INEC to register the political association as a political party in the country and be issued a certificate of registration.

Ruling on the suit, Justice Lify declared that the commission’s action was illegal and wrong, null and void, it ordered INEC to open its portal for a period of one week to enable the plaintiff upload necessary documents, including membership register.

Justice Lifu also ordered INEC to register ADA with immediate effect, having met the requirements to become a political party in the country.