Nigeria Advance Party, NAP, has challenged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to state reasons why it is being excluded from taking part in the forthcoming general election in Nigeria.

The party describes the commission’s refusal to register it as a travesty of justice with the potential to throw the nation into chaos and turmoil.

National leader of the party, Mrs Franco Rhodes criticised INEC for failing to obey an injunction of the court which had stopped it from deregistering any political party.

Voice of Nigeria recalls that in December 2012, INEC deregistered some political parties including the Nigeria Advance Party, a decision which was challenged in court.

The courts thereafter gave an order restraining INEC from further disbanding or deregistering any political party.

Mrs Rhodes further accused the electoral commission of a willful breach of the law after it continued to hold on to its purported deregistration of the parties in question.

“INEC cannot insist that political parties should head to court, individually or one-by-one, on a matter that has been decided, judgement delivered and has become res judicata,” she said.

She called on Nigerians to resist any attempt to deny them access to any political party of their choice while urging INEC to revalidate the registration of Nigeria Advance Party to enable the Party’s candidates to participate in the 2019 elections.