Claim: Honourable Oluwole Oke, a member of the House of Representatives, stated that Sections 225A and 84(16) of the Electoral Act 2022 give INEC the authority to deregister political parties. Verdict: Misleading Full Text: An infographic currently circulating online features Honourable Oluwole Oke, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Oriade/Obokun federal constituency
Claim: Honourable Oluwole Oke, a member of the House of Representatives, stated that Sections 225A and 84(16) of the Electoral Act 2022 give INEC the authority to deregister political parties.
Verdict: Misleading
Full Text:
An infographic currently circulating online features Honourable Oluwole Oke, a member of the House of Representatives representing the Oriade/Obokun federal constituency in Osun State, as of 27th December 2025. The infographic asserts that Sections 225A and 84(16) of the Electoral Act 2022 empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister political parties.
Words from the infographic read, “INEC should deregister Accord Party now.”
Oluwole Oke asserted that “the party has no elected officials in any office in Nigeria.” Consequently, it was claimed that “sections 225A and 84(16) of the Electoral Act 2022 empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister political parties such as Accord due to non-performance.”
In 2020, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) deregistered 74 political parties for failing to win any political office in the last general election; the matter was dragged up to the Supreme Court, where the apex court upheld it in 2022.
The Accord Party is among the political parties registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission and is qualified to field candidates in elections.
The party recently made headlines when the Governor of Osun State, Senator Demola Adeleke, announced on December 9th, 2025, that he would run for re-election under its banner. He made this declaration about one month after resigning from the People’s Democratic Party.
The main opposition party in Osun State, the All Progressives Congress, would prefer Governor Adeleke to be absent from the ballot. In the past, certain individuals have attempted to disqualify Adeleke’s candidacy through legal action premised on his school certificate issues.
NDRFactCheck investigated the veracity of the claim on the deregistration of the Accord Party, a decision that could have far-reaching implications on the upcoming Osun State off-cycle election, to be held in 2026.
The infographic verification:
NDRFactcheck searched the Electoral Act Law 2022 public document made available by the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC); it was found that the Electoral Act 2022, on the arrangement of sections, shows that it has a total of 153 sections.
We went further to check for Section 84 to ascertain if there is subsection (16); Section 84 ended in subsection (15).
Screenshot from the Electoral Act Law 2022 on PLAC
Another member of the House of Representatives, Honourable Bamidele Salaam, representing Ede North, South/Egbedore/Ejigbo Federal Constituency, also faulted Hon. Oluwole Oke’s claim, stating that the Electoral Act 2022 does NOT have sections 225A and 84(16) as indicated.
Screenshot from the reaction
Conclusion
The Electoral Act Law 2022 does not include sections 225A or 84(16) in its signed and published form, making Honourable Oluwole Oke’s claim inaccurate.
