The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was today ordered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, to immediately register the Young Democratic Party (YDP) as a political party.
The judge arrived at the decision in his judgment on a suit initiated by the party, which had challenged its denial of registration by the commission.
Justice Mohammed declared that YDP was deemed registered when INEC failed to inform the then political association of its decision not to register it as a political party within 30 days of receiving its application, as required under Section 78 (4) of the Electoral Act, 2010.
It would be recalled that INEC was alleged to have received the association’s application on April 1, 2014 but only notified the applicant of its decision not to register it on September 15, 2014.
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