A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to upload and adopt the modified digital logo of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, resolving a dispute between the party and the electoral body ahead of the 2027 elections.
NDC leader Seriake Dickson, a former Bayelsa State governor, announced the ruling Wednesday, saying Justice J.O. Abdulmalik granted the party’s request in a suit brought against INEC. According to Dickson, the party’s first National Executive Council meeting had approved a modified version of its logo and forwarded it to the commission, which initially uploaded it before quietly reverting to the original association logo the party had been registered under, without explanation.
Dickson said the NDC gave INEC time to resolve the matter administratively before pursuing legal action, and welcomed Wednesday’s ruling as confirmation that the party’s position was correct. He instructed candidates and members to immediately begin using the newly recognized logo — which retains the two-finger victory sign found in the earlier version — on all campaign materials, acknowledging that some members may have already produced materials with the outdated design.
The logo fight is the latest chapter in a longer-running legal battle over the NDC’s standing with INEC. The party’s registration itself was contested for much of the past year, including a December 2025 court ruling ordering INEC to register it, a February confirmation of that registration by the commission, and a subsequent challenge from a rival group claiming an earlier competing filing over the same victory-sign symbol. The NDC has separately drawn national attention this year after both Peter Obi and running mate selections tied to opposition efforts to challenge President Bola Tinubu ahead of 2027.
