{"id":195457,"date":"2026-02-19T22:56:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/aap-challenges-inec-in-court-over-registration-of-ndc"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:00:53","slug":"aap-challenges-inec-in-court-over-registration-of-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/aap-challenges-inec-in-court-over-registration-of-ndc","title":{"rendered":"AAP challenges INEC in court over registration of NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The African Alliance Party, AAP, says it is set to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC\u2019s registration of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, in court.<\/p>\n<p>The AAP is demanding the deregistration of the party recently registered by the electoral umpire, insisting that the party was deceitfully and mischievously registered.<\/p>\n<p>The AAP said that its National Executive Committee, NEC, has authorised legal action against INEC, while warning that the Chairman of INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan is jeopardising the democratic process and overheating the polity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDC was deceitfully and mischievously registered by INEC in place of African Alliance Party on 5th February 2026, knowing full well that the association was not part of the 14 pre-qualified associations, not among the eight associations that uploaded their documents into INEC portal, paid administrative fees and verification exercise carried out by the commission, and definitely not among the two political associations INEC approved to be registered as reported in the national media of 25th December 2025,\u201d a statement signed by Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, National Publicity Secretary of AAP said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAAP was in all of these processes and the first of the two associations INEC finally approved, endorsed and authorised for registration in December 2025, under Prof Joash Amupitan\u2019s watch as INEC chairman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo reject AAP for a contrived NDC is justice juxtaposed, an assault on the ongoing electoral process and politics of exclusion that has impeded the nation\u2019s constitutional governance. It shall be resisted in the national interest and our collective quest for sustainable democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AAP said its NEC met in Abuja on Tuesday, 17th February 2026, and resolved amongst others to challenge INEC\u2019s registration of the purported National Democratic Congress in court and demands its deregisteration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deregisteration of NDC is the first step in sanitising the democratic system. Prof Amupitan has already soiled his hand in this matter, questioning his capacity, integrity and patriotism as the chairman of the electoral management body who ought to live above board as so much is required of him in conducting credible, transparent and inclusive elections that meet international standards,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProf Amupitan should know that the registration of political party is not a Valentine\u2019s gift to a favoured association. It is not a gesture to dispense at his pleasure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is too early for him to be a stooge to anti-democratic forces that do not mean well for Nigeria, conscious of the fact that his integrity and reputation as a Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria is at stake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens expect him to do the needful by registering African Alliance Party. The whole world is watching us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The African Alliance Party, AAP, says it is set to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC\u2019s registration of the National Democratic Congress, NDC, in court. The AAP is demanding the deregistration of the party recently registered by the electoral umpire, insisting that the party was deceitfully and mischievously registered. 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