NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING Our attention has been drawn to a ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja this morning, wherein His Lordship, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen, gave a ruling on an application filed by an unregistered association known as Peace Movement Party. The public knows that by December 2025, the Nigeria Democratic Congress  as an association complained of INEC’s refusal to register us as a political party, whereupon we proceeded to the Federal High Court. The Federal High Court upheld our constitutional right to freedom of association under the Constitution and compelled INEC to register us, which INEC did. Since then, we have started political activities, embarked on the registration of members, held congresses from ward to national levels, held conventions, and concluded primaries to all offices following INEC’s timetable. We have been fully participating in all INEC activities without let or hindrance. NDC also fielded candidates, and fully pa...

THE NIGERIAN ARMY,DISMISSED 290 SOLDIERS YESTERDAY-FALANA.

                  The soldiers were dismissed for allegedly refusing to fight the Boko Haram insurgents.Human rights Layer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria {SAN} Femi Falana disclosed this today thursday.According to Falana disclosed this today thursday.According to Falana he said ''I have just confirmed that a total of 290 soldiers were dismissed yesterday wednesday by the authorities of the Nigerian Army.This letters of dismissal were distributed in Jos,Plateau state and Ibadan,Oyo state.Before the dismissal,the soldiers were subjected to orderly room trial.Even though they pleaded not guilty to the charges of cowardice and failure to fight the Boko Haram sect,the dismissed soldiers were not tried by any court martial in line with the provisions of the Armed forces Act.It would be recalled that the Nigerian Army also sacked another batch of 200 soldiers i similar circumstances in December last year.A part from the deliberate refusal of the military authorities to respect the fundamental right of the dismissed soldiers to fair hearing guaranteed by the constitution,the punishment meted out to them cannot be justified since the Federal Government failed to equip the armed forces at the material time.Indeed,the belated onslaught launched against the satanic Boko Haram sectby the government.In the light of the foregoing,the authorities of the Nigerian Army should annul the illegal letters and recall the dismissed soldiers without any delay.In the alternative,a programme should be designed for the rehabilitation of the dismissed soldiers.Otherwise many of them may be driven to criminality since they had been given military training at the expense of the nation''.

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