The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on Nigerians to disregard reports that it recently registered two new political parties.
The Commission, in a post on X, said the report was a rehash of a process that happened in 2013, when the said political parties were registered.
The statement reads:
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”.
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.
