The federal high court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register Citizens Democratic Alliance (CDA) as a political party in Nigeria.
Obiora Egwuatu, the presiding judge, on Tuesday, issued the order in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2787/25, and filed by Tamunotonye Samuel Solomon Inioribo and two others against INEC.
Egwuatu ordered INEC to issue a certificate of registration to the CDA within seven days.
THE CASE
In October 2025, INEC announced that CDA and seven other associations out of 14 pre-qualified associations seeking registration as political parties, had successfully completed the upload of all necessary information and documentation.
The electoral umpire had said the next step in the registration process for the eight associations is the detailed assessment and verification of the information and documents submitted by each association.
The associations were CDA, All Democratic Alliance (ADA), Abundance Social Party (ASP), African Alliance Party (AAP), Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA), Green Future Party (GFP), National Democratic Party (NDP) and Peoples Freedom Party (PFP).
In December 2025, CDA’s application was unsuccessful.
On February 5, 2026, Joash Amupitan, INEC chairman, said “only two” of the eight were “qualified for the final assessment and verification of due compliance with the constitution and the Electoral Act”.
Amupitan said only the DLA met all legal requirements after the final review and was registered by the commission.
However, the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) was later registered by the commission, despite not being part of the pre-qualified associations.
Displeased with the development, the claimants approached the court to challenge the legality of INEC’s decision.
The claimant argued that CDA complied with all constitutional and statutory requirements for registration.
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