Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, unregistered 74 political parties as preparations for the 2023 general elections are in top gear.
With this new development, Nigeria will now be dealing with 18 political parties, according to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at a press conference in Abuja.
The successful parties are Accord Party (AP), Action Alliance (AA), African Action Congress (AAC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Congress (APC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and Allied Peoples Movement (APM).
The others are Labour Party (LP), New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), National Rescue Movement (NRM), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Social Democratic Party (SDP), Young Progressives Party (YPP), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and four more.
According to him, 75 parties didn’t satisfy the requirement but one went to court.
Mahmood also said the Booth Party, which registered after 2019, would continue to exist
“Nigeria now has 18 parties,” Mahmood stated.