INEC de-registers 28 Political Parties

Attahiru Jega

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has announced the removal of 28 political parties from the list of viable political parties in the country based on the power conferred on them by the 1999 constitution (as amended )and electoral act 2012 ( as amended). The political parties de-registered include:

1. African Liberation Party

2. Action Party of Nigeria (APN)

3. African Political System(APS)

4. Better Nigerian Progressive Party(BNPP)

5. Congress for Democratic Change (CDC)

6. Community Party of Nigeria (CPN)

7. Democratic People's Alliance (DPA)

8. Freedom Party of Nigeria (FPN)

9. Fresh Democratic Party (FDP)

10. Hope Democratic Party (HDP)

11. Justice Party (JP)

12. Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN)

13. Movement for Democracy and Justice (MDJ)

14. Movement for Restoration of Defence of Democracy (MRDD)

15. National Advanced Party (NAP)

16. New Democrats

17. National Majority  Democratic Party (NMDP)

18. National Movement of Progressive Party (NMDP)

19. National Reformation Party (NRP)

20. National Solidarity Democratic Party(NSDP)

21. Progressive Action Congress (PAC)

22. Peoples Mandate Party (PMP)

23. Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)

24. Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)

25. Peoples Salvation Party (PSP)

26. Republican Party of Nigeria (RPN)

27. United National Party for Development (UNPD)

28. United Nigeria Peoples Party (UNPP)