Court opens door for ADA registration, orders INEC to release access code A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the all clear for the registration of the All Democratic Alliance (ADA), by ordering Nigeria’s electoral body, Independent National Electoral Commission, to generate and release access code for the party’s registration to the Akin Rickett-led leadership of the party. ‎ ‎Justice Peter Lifu in a judgement on Monday gave INEC 72 hours within which the access code must be released to the Protem Secretary of ADA. ‎Justice Lifu in the judgement faulted the electoral body for releasing the access code to one Umar Ardo, who was not a recognized Protem Secretary of the political association and consequently declared the action of INEC as illegal, wrongful, null and void. ‎ ‎The court further ordered INEC to open its portal for a period of one week to enable the plaintiff upload necessary documents, including membership register as required by law. ‎The plaintiff through his counsel, Stephen Atabo, had dragged…

The judge held that INEC acted unlawfully when it issued the access code to register ADA to Umar Ardo, whom the court found was neither the protem national chairperson nor the protem national secretary of the association.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has cleared the coast for the registration of the All Democratic Alliance, ADA, by ordering the Independent National