Nigeria: Court Orders INEC to Register NDP As New Party

A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the National Democratic Party (NDP) as a political party, ruling that the association met all constitutional and statutory requirements.

The judgment was delivered by Hon. Justice M. G. Umar on February 16, following an originating summons filed on December 29, 2025, by the plaintiffs in the suit marked Hon. Ada Frederick Okwori & Ors. v. INEC.

In a certified true copy of the judgment…