Nigerian Lawyer Okutepa Faults High Court Judge Over Controversial Ruling On NDC Party
Senior Advocate of Nigeria Jibrin Okutepa has criticized a Federal High Court judge for reversing a previous ruling that ordered the registration of the Nigerian Democratic Congress as a political party. Okutepa argues the reversal is legally flawed, particularly because the party that requested the change was not involved in the original case.
Why it matters
This highlights concerns regarding judicial integrity and the rule of law in the Nigerian political system, which directly impacts democratic processes.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Jibrin Okutepa, has faulted the decision of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja to set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party, describing the ruling as legally questionable.
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