AFRICAN ACTION CONGRESS (AAC)
PRESS RELEASE
16th June, 2026
TINUBU'S LATEST ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY MUST BE RESISTED - AAC STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH AFFECTED POLITICAL PARTIES
The African Action Congress (AAC) condemns the Judicial rascality and political assault on multiparty democracy in Nigeria, following the judgment of Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, ordering the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Accord Party (A), Action Alliance (AA), Action Peoples Party (APP), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
We stand in unwavering solidarity with the affected political Parties.
This development represents a dangerous assault on democracy, further enabling authoritarian control, a leadership style Bola Tinubu is infamous for.
Interestingly, the Plaintiff in this case is a Forum of former legislators, they had earlier endorsed Bola Tinubu as their sole
Presidential candidate. Also, Justice Lifu's decision to grant a judgement, was in flagrant disobedience to a standing Appeal Court order.
At a time when Nigerians are suffering unprecedented hardship, insecurity, unemployment, and state repression, the Tinubu administration appears determined to launch a brutal attack against democracy itself, by undermining the existence of opposition Parties and restricting the rights of citizens to freely organize and participate politically.
The strength of democracy lies in political pluralism, and the ability of citizens to create and support parties that represent their aspirations. Any attempt to extinguish these rights is an attack on the Nigerian people.
The African Action Congress calls on the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), civil society organizations, Labour Unions, Student groups, and all Nigerians of conscience to resist this dangerous precedent. Silence in the face of this attack will only embolden our oppressors to bury what remains of our democracy.
Today it is ADC, Accord, AA, APP, and ZLP. Tomorrow it could be any other opposition Party.
AAC reiterates that Nigeria belongs to its people, not to a ruling clique desperate to eliminate every voice of dissent and political opposition.
We therefore urge all democratic stakeholders to unite in defence of Democracy, it has become our collective responsibility.
Nigerians must resist every attempt to impose a One-Party state through judicial and political manipulation.
#TinubuMustGo
Signed:
Rex I. Elanu
National Publicity Secretary,
African Action Congress (AAC)