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Even if the registration of the party wasn't in order, INEC or whatever could have ignored because the party presenting a presidential candidate wouldn't make any difference with the 2027 election

They have given room for the opposition to be thinking they are deliberately being targeted even though they won't admit they are also wrong with the registration of NDC

But what is the position of the law? Court is not a father Christmas.

Obiedun:
But what is the position of the law? Court is not a father Christmas.

Forget about the law, we all know how it works.

The deregistration was insensitive. Is Peter Obi a threat to president Tinubu's reelection? Hell no so what's the deregistration for

Me I want Obi and Atiku to contest against Asiwaju

They can never win

I hope INEC will appeal the judgement as soon as possible

Parachoko:
Me I want Obi and Atiku to contest do Asiwaju will defeat them

Abi, so that there won't be any room for flimsy excuses from the opposition

They themselves knew the registration of the party wasn't in order but they will claim victim about this

helinues:
Abi, so that there won't be any room for flimsy excuses from the opposition

Gbam!

helinues:
Abi, so that there won't be any room for flimsy excuses from the opposition

They themselves knew the registration of the party wasn't in order but they will claim victim about this

Are you guys aware of the grant for akara, kwuli-kwuli, and corn roast businesses rolled out by una mama, Remi for una?

I say make I update una incase dem done send am for una WhatsApp group before you loaded data this evening.

Elusive001:
Are you guys aware of the grant for akara, kwuli-kwuli, and corn roast businesses rolled out by una mama, Remi for una?

Why not open your own thread for that?

helinues:
Forget about the law, we all know how it works.

The deregistration was insensitive. Is Peter Obi a threat to president Tinubu's reelection? Hell no so what's the deregistration for

Was the president the one who took NDC to court? Was the president the judge? Was the judgement influenced by the president?

Obiedun:
Was the president the one who took NDC to court? Was the president the judge? Was the judgement influenced by the president?

I already created a thread about who took NDC to court. But you know the petty people in the party, they have already being blaming president Tinubu

helinues:
Even if the registration of the party wasn't in order, INEC or whatever could have ignored because the party presenting a presidential candidate wouldn't make any difference with the 2027 election

They have given room for the opposition to be thinking they are deliberately being targeted even though they won't admit they are also wrong with the registration of NDC

The NDC Judgment: Separating Law from Political Theatre. by CharlesCNG

The controversy surrounding the Federal High Court's decision in Lokoja has generated far more heat than light.
Unfortunately, many political commentators have chosen conspiracy over careful legal analysis.

Here are the facts.

In December 2025, the Federal High Court ordered INEC to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party after finding that the party was entitled to registration. INEC complied with that judgment. The NDC thereafter organised nationwide congresses, conducted primaries, participated in by-elections and prepared candidates for the 2027 elections.

The latest proceedings did not arise because the Federal Government suddenly decided to stop Peter Obi or any opposition candidate.

Rather, another body—the Peace Movement Party (PMP)—approached the same court claiming that it was a necessary party whose interests had been affected because of issues relating to the logo and symbol relied upon in the earlier proceedings. The court agreed that the earlier judgment had been delivered without hearing a party whose rights could be affected. On that basis, Justice Isah Dashen set aside the December 2025 judgment, restored the parties to the position they occupied before that judgment, and ordered that the substantive suit begin afresh with all necessary parties joined.

That is where the legal disagreement begins.

Counsel for the applicant argues that once the judgment compelling registration has been set aside and the status quo restored, every action taken by INEC pursuant to that judgment—including NDC's registration—must also fall away until the fresh hearing is concluded.

The NDC disagrees completely. It insists there was no express order directing its deregistration, argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to revisit its earlier final judgment, and has already announced that it is proceeding to the Court of Appeal. The party maintains that it remains registered while the appellate process continues.

That is exactly how constitutional democracy works.

When parties disagree over the legal effect of a judgment, they do not settle the matter through television interviews, social media hashtags or conspiracy theories. They settle it in the appellate courts.

This is why the political narrative being pushed by some supporters of Peter Obi deserves careful scrutiny.

Long before today's legal dispute had run its course, Nigerians were already being told that unnamed forces "did not want Peter Obi on the ballot."

At the time those allegations were made, there had been no judicial pronouncement excluding Peter Obi from contesting any election. Even today, the legal argument is about the effect of a court ruling on the registration status of the NDC—not about any judicial order specifically barring Peter Obi from participating in the 2027 election.

That distinction matters.

A responsible political leader strengthens confidence in constitutional institutions. He does not encourage millions of supporters to assume that every adverse legal development must be the product of a hidden political conspiracy.

The danger of that approach is obvious. Once citizens are conditioned to believe that every court decision they dislike is evidence of executive manipulation, public confidence in the judiciary begins to collapse. Every judgment becomes suspect. Every election becomes illegitimate. Every legal disagreement becomes a political persecution narrative.

Democracy cannot function on that basis.

If today's judgment is wrong, the remedy already exists: the Court of Appeal and, if necessary, the Supreme Court.

That is the rule of law.

Replacing evidence with perpetual victimhood and legal argument with conspiracy theories may be good politics for energising supporters, but it is profoundly unhealthy for Nigeria's democratic institutions.

Looks like a all they need to do is change their logo, a shame as that party needs banking considering the blatant money making vehicle it turned out to be with the primaries.

Thankfully will not be higher than 3rd.

aswani:
Looks like a all they need to do is change their logo, a shame as that party needs banking considering the blatant money making vehicle it turned out to be with the primaries.

Thankfully will not be higher than 3rd.

Is it not funny that those who are calling president Tinubu a theif are stealing ordinary party logo

The logo stealer dem

helinues:
Is it not funny that those who are calling president Tinubu a theif are stealing ordinary party logo

The logo stealer dem

Obidients are just a walking contradiction, corruption, na dere NDC bí Baba for dat wan, dem come add to dey tif ọ̀dà pópó lógo join.

Good entertainment sha, I will miss them when they eventually give up any pretense of Peter Obí having a chance of winning anything except from Malta Guinness and gala promo.

P.S: I have removed a reference to some people in Asian prisons, they might not be Obidients as not all Obidients are Ndigbo and vice versa. Apologies to anyone offended by the unintentional reference. Ndigbo are great people, Obidients, not so much.

aswani:
Obidients are just a walking contradiction. Drugs that they accuse him of, ńa dem full prison for Asia ontop, corruption too na dere ADC bí Baba for dat wan, dem come add to dey tif ọ̀dà pópó lógo join.

Good entertainment sha, I will miss them when they eventually give up any pretense of Peter Obí having a chance of winning anything except from Malta Guinness and gala promo.

That penguin was attacking me 2 days ago for saying Peter Obi could be disqualified from contesting the 2027 election, that was days before this judgement oo.

The blocking is really helping from reading their craps

The problem is that this is politics. There are too many people and interests that are competing for power. It wasn't INEC that approached the courts to reverse its order, it was a political association that's trying to become a party.

Any election without ADC and NDC will be boring, but there are too many people and groups that have interests in knocking off their opponents in ADC and NDC.

helinues:
Even if the registration of the party wasn't in order, INEC or whatever could have ignored because the party presenting a presidential candidate wouldn't make any difference with the 2027 election

They have given room for the opposition to be thinking they are deliberately being targeted even though they won't admit they are also wrong with the registration of NDC

naptu2:
The problem is that this is politics. There are too many people and interests that are competing for power. It wasn't INEC that approached the courts to reverse its order, it was a political association that's trying to become a party.

Any election without ADC and NDC will be boring, but there are too many people and groups that have interests in knocking off their opponents in ADC and NDC.

The deregistration is not actually sounding good for our democracy. They could have allowed them to stay.

The opposition that will do wrong things by themselves but still be pointing fingers at others..

helinues:
The deregistration is not actually sounding good for our democracy. They could have allowed them to stay.

The opposition that will do wrong things by themselves but still be pointing fingers at others..

This was why Humphrey Nwosu went to Babangida (in the early 1990s) to tell him that the military has to make a decree to stop courts from interfering in the process once it has gotten to a certain stage. NEC had almost a hundred cases in court by that time.

All kinds of people are suing INEC and sometimes it is even getting conflicting judgements.

helinues:
Even if the registration of the party wasn't in order, INEC or whatever could have ignored because the party presenting a presidential candidate wouldn't make any difference with the 2027 election

They have given room for the opposition to be thinking they are deliberately being targeted even though they won't admit they are also wrong with the registration of NDC

In a country where literacy is very low, party logos are very important because it is what most voters use in identifying their party candidate they wish to vote for.

So in all retrospect it is a big deal.

But the only problem I have is that the NDC had submitted their logo as part of their registration as far back as 2017 to which INEC denied their application to be recognized and registered by INEC.

The issue here now is that the party now challenging NDC was recently registered in 2025 and have a similar logo and they are the ones who went to court to have NDC deregistered claiming that the NDC logo is theirs because NDC only got approved by court order in January of 2026.

Elusive001:
Are you guys aware of the grant for akara, kwuli-kwuli, and corn roast businesses rolled out by una mama, Remi for una?

I say make I update una incase dem done send am for una WhatsApp group before you loaded data this evening.

Obi really takes advice from madmen. How a mind will see the topic of discussion, and then bring something unrelated is mindboggling.

Pls the courts shouldn't do that. How does one get entertained without these clowns now? The courts should know these emotional things are a great source of entertainment, and any election without them crying and wailing all over cyberspace is going to be boring.

helinues:
I already created a thread about who took NDC to court. But you know the petty people in the party, they have already being blaming president Tinubu

But it doesn't work like that I court. If the law says it should be deregistered, then it should. We should not be emotional. One thing is that the judge should rely on that, another issue similar to this will happen in future and what do you expect.

TokoEkambi:
Pls the courts shouldn't do that. How does one get entertained without these clowns now? The courts should know these emotional things are a great source of entertainment, and any election without them crying and wailing all over cyberspace is going to be boring.

You make a good point, entertainment factor important, bikonu courts, allowed dem tif odà pipo lógo.

This is a thread for wailing Wailers of Nigeria.

Data boys wan use akara money buga us for nairaland. See as dem line up! Convoy things!!!