Nigeria, Jan. 20 -- The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the names of the candidates forwarded to it by the chairperson of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark.

The judge, Mohammed Umar, gave the order in a judgement on a suit regarding the upcomig 21 February area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

Seventeen candidates of ADC had sued INEC alongside the party over the refusal of the electoral body to grant their party electronic access to upload their details for the elections.

The candidates said they paid N20 million for nomination forms and won their party's primary elections and were set to contest various posit...