“YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE”, ADC WARNS GOVERNMENT AGENTS SEEKING PARTY DE-REGISTRATION -JUSTICE PETER LIFU IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, SAYS PARTY. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
“YOU ARE PLAYING WITH FIRE”, ADC WARNS GOVERNMENT AGENTS SEEKING PARTY DE-REGISTRATION -JUSTICE PETER LIFU IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY, SAYS PARTY The African Democratic Congress (ADC) wishes to warn, in the strongest possible terms, against any attempt to use the judiciary as an instrument to undermine democracy and plunge Nigeria into a major political crisis. We are deeply alarmed by the judgment reportedly delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a case filed by the so-called National Forum of Former Legislators seeking the de-registration of the ADC and four other political parties. This judgment stands in direct conflict with constitutional principles and all known judicial processes and procedures. The facts are straightforward. The plaintiffs had argued that the ADC and four other political parties failed to satisfy constitutional requirements relating to continued registration. However, in its counter-affidavit filed before the court in May, INEC,...
Pakistan Human Activist Malals Yousafzai said today after meeting with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan that ''Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan promised today monday that the missing Chibok girls kidnapped by Islamist militants would soon return home''.Malala who became a global celebrity after surviving being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls education,was visiting Nigeria to support a international campaign for the release of the teenage students abducted in mid April by the Islamist insurgent group Boko Haram.She turned 17 on Saturday at the weekend,she met with the parents of the school girls snatched from the northeastern village of Chibok by Boko Haram fighters.
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