NDC STATEMENT ON COURT RULING. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
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...
Justice Candid Johnson of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere today,June 21,2016,struck out a motion filed against the EFCC by Azibola Robert,a cousin of the former President Goodluck Jonathan,asking the court to restrain the Commission from arresting,detaining or investigating him.The motion was struck out on grounds of lacking diligent prosecution.In the motion,Azibola requested for an order nullifying and setting aside the remand order obtained by the EFCC to remand him,an order directing the Commission to release him from custody,an order of perpetual injunction restraining the EFCC or any person whatsoever acting for/on behalf of the Commission from arresting or detaining him and demand of special damages in the sum of N200,000,000 {Two Hundred Million Naira Only}.Azibola is being investigated by the EFCC for suspicious contracts awarded to him by the former National Security Adviser to former President,Goodluck Jonathan.The investigation revealed that between 2012 and 2015,Colonel Sambo Dasuki allegedly awarded fictitious contracts to the tunes of N2,219,188,609.50 {Two Billion,Two Hundred and Nineteen Million,One Hundred and Eighty Eight Thousand,Six Hundred and Nine Naira,Fifty Kobo},$1,671,742,613.58 {One Billion,Six Hundred Seventy One Million,Seven Hundred and Forty Two Thousand,Six Hundred and Thirteen Dollars Fifty Eight cents} and £9,905,477.00 {Nine Million,Nine Hundred and Five Thousand,Four Hundred and Seventy Seven Euros} respectively to Azibola and his companies and proxies.Also the sums of $40 million and N650 million was said to have been traced in the bank account of Azibola as moneies paid by the former NSA.it would be recalled that Azibola made similar mottion before Abuja High Court and same was dismissed by Honourable Justice O.O Goodluck of Abuja High Court.He later filed two separate motions before Honourable justice C.M.A Olatoregun of the Federal High Court Lagos and Justice Candid Johnson of the Lagos High Court.More photos below. 

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