Nigeria, June 16 -- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Tuesday approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja to seek a stay of execution of a judgement of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordering the deregistration of the Accord, African Democratic Congress (ADC) and three political parties.

The move comes barely a day after the Federal High Court judge, Peter Lifu, ordered the electoral commission to deregister the parties on the grounds that they failed to satisfy constitutional requirements to retain their status.

Apart from Accord and ADC, other parties affected by the judgmeent are Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).

INEC, as one of the parties to the suit, had oppose...