Deregistration order: Atiku, Mark, Adeleke, fume over verdict, vow to be on ballot

—Why court ordered INEC to deregister parties
—You’re playing with fire, ADC warns Tinubu’s govt
By Clifford Ndujihe, Dapo Akinrefon, Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Omeiza Ajayi & Luminous Jannamike
LAGOS — Leaders of African Democratic Congress, ADC; and Accord, yesterday picked holes in the ruling of a Federal High Court ordering the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to de-register their parties and four other parties.
While ADC said the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government is playing with fire over alleged de-registration plot, its National Chairman, Senator David Mark, said the opposition party will be on the ballot in 2027, despite the verdict.
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