Court of Appeal stays execution of judgment deregistering ADC, others

Lambasts Justice Lifu for ‘judicial rascality’

From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has ordered a stay of execution of the Federal High Court judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties, while sharply condemning the trial judge, Justice Peter Lifu, for what it described as judicial rascality.
The appellate court held that Justice Lifu acted in flagrant disregard of a subsisting Court of Appeal order when he proceeded to hear and deliver the judgment on Monday, despite the pendency of the matter before the higher court.
The five parties affected by Justice Lifu’s Monday judgment are the A...