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Cites supreme court order for action
By Lateef Ibrahim, Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has recognized the Youth Party (YP) as the 19th Political Party in Nigeria with all the rights and privileges accorded political parties in the country.
This was confirmed in a statement yesterday by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye in Abuja.
The recognition, the statement by Okoye showed, was based on the judgement of the Supreme Court, following which the Commission interfaced with officials of the Youth Party on the modalities for its operation based on the Constitution, the Electoral Act 2022 and the Regulations and Guidelines of the Commission.
The statement by the Commission reads, “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) met today, (yesterday ) Thursday, 20th July 2023 and among other issues deliberated on the judgement delivered by the Supreme Court of Nigeria on the deregistration of the Youth Party (YP) as a political party.
“It will be recalled that the Youth Party (YP) was registered on 16th August 2018 by virtue of the judgement of the Federal High Court delivered on 16th October 2017.”
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