Court Grants Rival APC Leave To Sue INEC

[ChannelsTV]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the application of the African People's Congress (APC) to proceed with hearing on its suit seeking judicial review of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which rejected its application for registration as a political party. The court presided over by Justice Gabriel Kolawole in his ruling, granted the plaintiffs leave for the court to hear and adjudicate on the action filed by APC. While moving to upturn the decision of INEC against the APC registration, this ruling also paves way for a full blown legal battle over the APC name and acronym, as the african people's congress had also asked the court to restrain INEC from entertaining any application by any group or person seeking registration of any political party bearing the name or acronym of the African People's Congress (APC), until the subsisting suit is determined by the court. The court action instituted by the APC is on the strength of the provisions of Section 79 of the Electoral Act which empowers any association denied registration as a political party by INEC to seek judicial review within 30 days of being notified by INEC.

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