INEC DE-REGISTERS 28 POLITICAL PARTIES

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
de-registered 28 political parties for alleged non performance.
INEC confirmed the development Thursday night .


A statement issued by the Commission's Secretary, Abdullahi Kaugama,
INEC justified the action noting it was in line with the powers
confered on it by the I999 Constitution as amended and the Electoral
Act2010 as amended.


The statement reads inter - alia:
"In the exercise of the powers conferred on itby the 1999 Constitution
(as amended) and the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), the Independent
National Electoral Commission has today, Thursday, December 6, 2012,
de-registered the following political parties:

1. African Liberation Party (ALP)

2. Action Party of Nigeria (APN)

3. African Political System (APS)

4. Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP)

5. Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)

6. Community Party of Nigeria (CPN)

7. Democratic Peoples Alliance (DPA)

8. Freedom Party of Nigeria (FPN)

9. Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)

10. Hope Democratic Party (HDP)

11. Justice Party (JP)

12. Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN)

13. Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ)

14. Movement for the Restoration and Defenceof Democracy (MRDD)

15. Nigeria Advanced Party (NAP)

16. New Democrats (ND)

17. National Majority Democratic Party (NMDP)

18. National Movement of Progressive Party (NMPP)

19. National Reformation Party (NRP)

20. National Solidarity Democratic Party (NSDP)

21. Progressive Action Congress (PAC)

22. Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)

23. Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)

24. Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)

25. People's Salvation Party (PSP)

26. Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)

27. United National Party for Development (UNPD)

28. United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP)


"The Commission hereby reiterates its commitment to relating with
political parties in accordance with extant laws and for the benefit
of our electoral democracy", Kaugamastated.


Reacting, national chairman of one of the affected parties, the
peoples salvation party (PSP), Dr Junaid Mohammed said he is not
surprised with the decision by INEC to deregister the aforementioned
parties.


Acknowledging that most of the regsistered parties shouldn't have been
registered in the first place, he accused prof Jega of exploitingthe
deregistration exercise to settle personal vendatta with his foes.


He said he knew abinitio that most of the political parties were put
in place by INEC officials keen on pocketing statutory allocations
meant for political parties.


Mohammed who claimed he ran the PSP without any form of blemish also
said most of the aforementioned parties were actually registered by
persons acting as front for the ruling peoples democratic party (PDP).