Party Demands Deregistration Of NDC

The African Alliance Party (AAP) has announced plans to challenge the registration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing its registration as unlawful and a threat to Nigeria’s democratic process.

In a press release issued Thursday from its national secretariat in Abuja by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, the party alleged that the NDC was “deceitfully and mischievously” registered in place of AAP on February 5, 2026.

The party claimed there was no record to indicate that the NDC ever applied for registration as a political party. According to the AAP, the association is not among the 14 pre-qualified groups, nor was it listed among the eight associations that uploaded required documents to INEC’s portal, paid administrative fees and underwent verification exercises conducted by the commission.

The AAP further stated that NDC was not among the two political associations reportedly approved for registration as published in national media on December 25, 2025.

The party maintained that it fully participated in all stages of the registration process and was the first of the two associations approved, endorsed and authorised for registration in December 2025 under the leadership of INEC Chairman, Joash Amupitan.

Describing INEC’s action as “justice juxtaposed,” the party said rejecting AAP while registering what it termed a “contrived NDC” amounts to an assault on the electoral process and a continuation of exclusionary politics that undermine constitutional governance.