Nigeria, June 16 -- Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, on Monday dismissed a Federal High Court judgement ordering the deregistration of the Accord and other four opposition political parties, insisting that the ruling would not affect his participation in the 15 August off-cycle governorship election in the state.

The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties; Accord Party (AP), African Democratic Congress, Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), over their failure to meet constitutional performance thresholds required for continued registration.

Mr Adeleke, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the Accord last ye...