Ghana: Nigerian Court Orders Electoral Body to Deregister Main Opposition Party, 4 Others

A Nigerian court on Monday ordered the electoral agency to de-register one of the main opposition political parties and four others for failing to meet constitutional requirements, a ruling that could reshape the field ahead of next January’s elections.

Federal high court judge Peter Lifu directed the ⁠Independent National Electoral Commission to strike the African Democratic Congress and the others from its register, backing claims by former lawmakers that they did not meet minimum electoral…