The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday issued a certificate of registration to the Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) in obedience to a court order.

The certificate was presented to the leadership of the newly registered party by INEC’s National Commissioner, Alhaji Baba Arfo, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja.


The SPN Deputy National Chairman, Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye

The Federal High Court in Abuja on November 28, 2017, ordered INEC to register SPN and issue it Certificate of Registration.

Mr. Abiodun Bamgboye, told newsmen after collecting
the certificate, that 
“SPN is a party for youths, students, workers and the poor masses.”