Court Judgment Ordering NDC Deregistration Emerges as INEC Awaits Certified True Copy

A Certified True Copy (CTC) of the Federal High Court judgment directing the deregistration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has been obtained.

The judgment, delivered by Justice Isa H. Dashen at the Federal High Court, Lokoja Judicial Division, nullified the court’s earlier ruling of December 10, 2025, which had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the political party.

PulseNets learnt that the court set aside the previous judgment after holding that it affected the legal rights of the Peace Movement Party (PMP), which claimed ownership of the logo adopted by the NDC but was not joined as a party in the original suit.

The latest development comes after the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, disclosed on Saturday that the commission was awaiting the Certified True Copy of the judgment before taking any official position.

“We have applied for the Certified True Copy of the judgment. Until we receive it, we cannot be in a position to comment on it. However, the position that existed before the December 10, 2025 judgment was that INEC rejected NDC’s letter of intent to be registered as a political party,” Haruna explained.

PulseNets reported that the Nigeria Democratic Congress had earlier disclosed that it was denied access to the INEC portal required for uploading the names of its candidates ahead of the 2027 general elections.

Confirming the development, the National Publicity Secretary of the NDC, Osa Director, said attempts by the party to obtain the required access credentials were unsuccessful.

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“We approached INEC to collect the access code to upload the names of our candidates to the INEC portal. They told us that they will get back to us,” Director said.