The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says report on registration of two political parties, the Independent Democrats and the Peoples Democratic Movement fake .
In a statement on Wednesday, the commission recalled that both political parties were registered in August 2013 but were deregistered in February 2020..
It therefore urged the public to disregard the said report.
“The attention of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been drawn to a fake report making the rounds about the registration of two new political parties namely “Independent Democrats” and “Peoples Democratic Movement”.
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“For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission has not yet registered any new party. The current number of registered political parties in Nigeria is 19. Nothing has been added.
“It will be recalled that both the “Independent Democrats” and “People’s Democratic Movement”
were registered as political parties in August 2013, but were deregistered in February 2020 in accordance with Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“We urge the public to disregard the said report”.
