INEC finally puts AD, FRESH, 72 other parties to death

Since its short-lived dominance of the southwest between 1999 and 2003 ended, the Alliance for Democracy, founded by the late Justice Minister Bola Ige, has finally been put to sleep for its inability to meet INEC requirement.

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday announced that the commission has deregistered 74 political parties out of existing 92 registered for not satisfying the requirements of the Fourth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution.

The deregistered parties are: Advanced Allied Party (AAP), All Blending Party (ABP) Advanced Congress of Democrats (ACD), Allied Congress Party Of Nigeria (ACPN), Alliance for Democracy (AD), Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party(ANDP), and Alliance For New Nigeria (ANN).

Also deregistered were: Alliance National Party (ANP), Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP), African Peoples Alliance (APA), Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP), Fresh Democratic Party (FRESH), Hope Democratic Party (HDP), Nigeria Community Movement Party (NCMP).

Others include National Unity Party (NUP), Peoples Coalition Party (PCP), Peoples For Democratic Change (PDC), Peoples Trust (PT), Reform and Advancement Party (RAP), United Democratic Party (UDP), Unity Party Of Nigeria (UPN) and United Progressive Party (UPP).