Thursday, 6 February 2020

INEC De-registers 74 Political Parties


The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has de-registered 74 political parties in Nigeria. 
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu made this known while speaking at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja.

“The political parties were de-registered because of their failure to meet various criteria stipulated by the constitution during the elections, ” Yakubu said.

INEC is ow left with 18 officially registered political parties after 74 got dropped from 92 which the electoral body formerly had.

See the list of de-registered parties below.



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