A-Court stops deregistration of ADC, Action Alliance, Action Peoples Party, Accord Party, Zenith Labour Party
*Blasts trial judge, Lifu, over ‘judicial rascality’ *INEC backs stay of execution, opposition alleges plot to silence rivals *Olawepo-Hashim, Adebayo, Accord, CNPP, Ameh, Ajulo speak *Justice Lifu declines to hands off ADC case, orders Mark, Aregbesola to pay N1m fine THE battle over deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and four other political parties took a dramatic turn, yesterday, as the Court of Appeal in Abuja halted execution of the Federal High Court judgment ordering their removal from the register of Independent National Electroral Commission, INEC. The appellate court, in a unanimous ruling by a three-member panel, led by Justice A.B. Mohammed, severely criticised the lower court for proceeding with its judgment, despite an earlier order directing it to suspend action in the matter, describing the conduct as a violation of judicial hierarchy. INEC supported the application for stay, saying it was not informed of delivery of the judgment a...