NDC Deregistration Threatens Nigeria’s Multi-Party Democracy – IPAC

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has warned that the deregistration of political parties through court pronouncements poses a grave threat to Nigeria’s multi-party democracy and constitutional order.
IPAC National Publicity Secretary, Martins Egbeola, stated this in Abuja on Wednesday while reacting to recent judicial decisions affecting some political parties, including the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).
According to him, the trend raises concerns about the future of democratic pluralism and citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of association and political participation.
Egbeola noted that previous judgments ordering the deregistration of five political parties, alon...