2027: Sowore Reacts As Atiku, Adeleke Suffer Major Setback

African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has described the Federal High Court ruling that directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties as undemocratic and unjustifiable in a multi-party democracy.

Naija News reports that the order was given on Monday by Justice Peter Lifu in his ruling on the suit filed by the National Forum of Former Legislators, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2637/2026.

According to him, the affected parties have persistently failed to meet constitutional performance thresholds.

The other parties affected are the Action Peoples Party, Action Alliance, Accord Party and Zenith Labour Party.

The National Forum of Former Legislators had, in the suit, prayed the court to determine whether INEC has a constitutional obligation to remove political parties that fail to meet the electoral performance thresholds set out in Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), as reinforced by the Electoral Act 2022 and INEC’s regulations.

Reacting to the development, Sowore, in a post via his 𝕏 handle, condemned the judgment, stressing that it was unacceptable for parties to be deregistered when they had already concluded their primaries and were preparing for future elections.

He said, “It shall not stand. I totally condemn the deregistration of political parties that have already concluded their primaries and are preparing for general elections. Such an action is undemocratic and unjustifiable in a multi-party democracy.”

Recall that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is the ADC presidential candidate for the 2027 elections, while the Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, is seeking re-election on the platform of the Accord Party.