Nigeria, June 26 -- Delivering the ruling on Friday, Justice Isah Dashen held that the previous judgment was fundamentally flawed because it was delivered without hearing all parties whose interests were directly affected.

The court upheld an application filed by the Peace Movement Party (PMP), declaring the party a necessary party to the suit.

According to Justice Dashen, the earlier judgment was constitutionally defective, having been delivered in breach of the principle of fair hearing.

He ruled that the failure to include all relevant parties rendered the entire proceedings null and void.

The judge further ordered that the status quo be restored to its state before the court's December 10, 2025, judgment, pending the determinatio...