NNPP Demands Halt of All Elections, Accuses INEC of Ignoring Court Orders Over Party Logo

NNPP Demands Halt of All Elections, Accuses INEC of Ignoring Court Orders Over Party Logo

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding that all elections across the country be suspended until its authentic logo is reflected on ballot papers.

Mr. Ndubuisi Ukpai, counsel to the NNPP under the leadership of Dr. Major Agbo, made the demand in a letter addressed to the INEC Chairman on August 25 and released to the media on Wednesday in Lagos.

The letter, titled: “RE: SUIT NO.: CV/3210/2025; New Nigeria Peoples Party VS Independent National Electoral Commission: Continued Representation of the Authentic Leadership of the NNPP and the Need To Maintain Status Quo Pending Determination of the Suit for Judicial Review,” faulted INEC for allegedly defying subsisting court judgments.

“We remain counsel to the authentic leadership of the NNPP, under the national chairmanship of Agbo, and write at their instance.

You will recall our previous correspondence, wherein we drew the commission’s attention to the imperative of strict compliance with subsisting judgments of competent courts, affirming the authentic leadership of the NNPP.

Regrettably, in the face of INEC’s continued reluctance to give effect to the said judgments, our client was constrained to institute judicial review proceedings against the commission.”

According to the NNPP, the Federal Capital Territory High Court had on August 15, 2025, granted leave for an order of mandamus compelling INEC’s compliance. The party insisted that the electoral umpire must maintain the status quo until the suit is determined.

“May we respectfully remind the commission that upon the grant of leave in judicial review proceedings, the law imposes a duty to maintain the status quo and refrain from taking steps capable of rendering the substantive proceedings nugatory.

As was held in Governor of Lagos State v. Ojukwu (1986) 1 NWLR (Pt. 18) 621, no party, and least of all a public institution, is permitted to take the law into its own hands or foist a fait accompli on the court. To do otherwise is to court judicial reproach and expose responsible officers to personal consequences for contempt of court.”

The NNPP further accused INEC of wrongly according recognition to expelled members led by Dr. Ajuji Ahmed, warning the commission against attending or observing a planned National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting by the faction.

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“We must make it abundantly clear that any such purported meeting is unlawful, null, and void, being in flagrant violation of binding judicial pronouncements. We, therefore, urge in the strongest terms, that INEC must not attend, monitor, observe, or lend any form of recognition to such an illegal gathering.”

The party stressed that any action contrary to court rulings would amount to interference in a matter already before the judiciary.

“This correspondence is issued to place the commission on the path of legality and to forestall the necessity of further legal recourse against it. We trust, therefore, that INEC will act with the institutional circumspection and fidelity to the rule of law that the Constitution demands.”