The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why they deregistered 74 political parties

The electoral body made this explanation via its twitter handle, @inecnigeria.

It said the 75 political parties did not satisfy the requirements of the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution.

Making recourse to Section 225 A of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, it gave three reasons why a political party can be deregistered.

According to the Constitution:

"A political party can be deregistered if there is a breach of any of the requirements for registration

"A political party can also be deregistered on failure to win at least 25% of votes cast in one State of the Federation in a Presidential election or one local Government of a state in a Governorship election

A political party can be deregistered if it fails to win at least one ward in the Chairmanship Election; one seat in the national or state House of Assembly election; or one seat in a Councillorship election."

WHY IS INEC DEREGISTERING POLITICAL PARTIES ? pic.twitter.com/z8Dd6FNtUb

— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) February 6, 2020