Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
….deregisters 74 Political Parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed September 19 for the Edo governorship election and October 10 for that of Ondo.
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing in Abuja.
Both states are under the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the governors are seeking another term.
At the press conference where Yakubu announced the dates of the elections, the INEC chairman also said the commission deregistered 74 political parties, leaving only 18 recognised parties in Nigeria that can contest subsequent polls.
According to him, 74 parties did not satisfy the requirement but one went to court to challenge the move to deregister it.
Here is the full list of the 18 political parties that scaled the deregistration process:
Accord (A)
Action Alliance (AA)
African Action Congress (AAC)
African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Action Democratic Party (ADP)
All Progressives Congress (APC)
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
Allied People’s Movement (APM)
Action People’s Party (APP)
Boot Party (BP)
Labour Party (LP)
New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
National Rescue Movement (NRM)
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Young Progressive Party (YPP)
Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
