The Peace Movement Party (PMP), which was not included as a party in the lawsuit while claiming ownership of the logo used to secure the judgement, had its rights negatively impacted by the court’s December 10, 2025 order, according to Justice Isah Dashen, who delivered the decision on Friday.
Journalists were informed by the applicant’s (PMP) attorney, C. S. Ekeocha, that the PMP went to court after learning that the NDC’s registration was based on a logo it had previously submitted to INEC before to the start of the lawsuit.

Ekeocha claims that the court vacated the previous ruling after concluding that the applicant’s rights had been violated.

“The court has directed the claimants to join all necessary parties to ensure the issues in dispute are effectively and completely determined, and ordered all parties to return to the position they occupied prior to the judgement of December 10, 2025,” he stated.

He clarified that the order implies that all of INEC’s actions performed in accordance with the now-vacated judgement are reversed.  CCAccording to Ekeocha, “the Nigeria Democratic Congress’s recognition, certificate of registration, inclusion in INEC’s records, and any appearance on ballot papers arising from that judgement must be withdrawn pending the final determination of the substantive suit.”

But he made it clear that the substantive case is still pending and has not been resolved.

“The issue has not been resolved. In order to give all sides a chance to be heard before making a new decision, the court simply set aside its earlier ruling and ordered that the party whose interests were impacted be joined.
Additionally, Ekeocha rejected arguments that the court just mandated that parties uphold the status quo, maintaining that the decision explicitly called for a return to the pre-December 10, 2025 state of affairs.