Umar Ardo: NDC never completed INEC registration process

By Lawrence Agbo
A former governorship candidate and political analyst, Umar Ardo, has alleged that the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) did not complete the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) registration process before it was recognised as a political party through a court order.
Speaking during an interview on Trust TV, Ardo said he became suspicious when the NDC’s registration was announced in February 2026, insisting that the party was never among the political associations that met INEC’s requirements for registration.
According to him, his inquiries at the electoral commission revealed that the NDC neither qualified for the final stage of the registration proce...