NDC deregistration order: No opposition party can rest easy – Hakeem Baba‑Ahmed

Hakeem Baba‑Ahmed, the National Leader of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), stated that no opposition party member sleeps with both eyes closed.

Former aide to President Bola Tinubu, Baba‑Ahmed said that only members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) can claim such confidence.

His remarks came amid the Federal High Court ruling in Lokoja, Kogi State, that deregistered the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC).

The court overturned its prior decision directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC as a political party.

The judgment followed an application by the Peace Movement Party (PMP), which sought to set aside the December 2025 ruling because it was not joined in the suit.

In his ruling, Justice Isah Dashen declared that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter.

Speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Baba‑Ahmed said: “I don’t think any party in the opposition sleeps with both eyes, every party except APC.”

“It is very unnerving what happened in court today with the NDC. Any party that tells you they are comfortable, then they are not serious about being a political party in Nigeria.”