INEC deregisters 75 political parties

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has deregistered 75 political parties. According to INEC, the “75 political parties did not satisfy the requirements of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution.

It added that one of the political parties, the APP filed a suit in court and obtained an order restraining the Commission from deregistering it

Briefing journalists in Abuja, INEC chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu said there are currently only 18 registered political parties in Nigeria.

The 18 parties are Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance and Allied Peoples Movement.

Others are Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party, and Zenith Labour Party.

Here are some of the deregistered political parties.