“We are on Course, Focused On The Task Ahead” – NDC Assures Nigerians

The Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, has sued  for calm among members, supporters and the general public, insisting  that the party remain focused and on course.

This is as it assured that it has not been deregistered, and that all nominations made ahead of the 2027 general elections remain valid.

The party’s assurance is coming against the backdrop of the judgment delivered by a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja on Friday, quashing earlier Court order compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC to register NDC as a party.

The Court had, in December 2025, ordered the INEC to register  the NDC as a political party, with the electoral umpire complying accordingly.

However, while ruling on a motion filed by Peace Movement Party, PMP, in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, trial Judge Honourable Justice Isah Dashen while nullifying the earlier decision mandating INEC to register NDC, also ordered all parties to return to the status quo before December 2025.

But reacting to the judgment, the party, in a statement issued by its National Chairman Moses Cleopas Zuwoghe, while expressing shock and disbelief, informed that all efforts are underway to appeal and reverse the strange judgment.

The NDC said it is surprised that such a weighty judgment could be delivered based on a motion filed by an unregistered association, which is not known to it as a party.

The party emphasized that all the issues purportedly raised by the PMP at the Lokoja High had earlier been dealt with and decided by the court in December 2025.

The NDC similarly questioned the locus standi of the PMP to institute the case, being not a registered association, as well as not known to be seeking registration as political party.

The party condemned orchestrated attempts by some vested interests to seek to shrink the democratic space, through the suppression of opposition voices.