COURT NULLIFIES NYCN DEREGISTRATION, ORDERS CAC TO RESTORE REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE

June 5, 2026

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By Aishat Momoh. O.

The Federal High Court in Abuja has nullified the deregistration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to restore the council’s certificate of registration and reinstate its Board of Trustees led by Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo.

Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Binta Nyako held that the CAC exceeded its statutory powers when it withdrew the NYCN’s registration and subsequently established an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to oversee the affairs of the organisation.

The court also ordered the immediate dissolution of the nine-member Interim Management Committee headed by Buhari Shehu, which had been jointly constituted by the CAC and the Federal Ministry of Youth Development following the withdrawal of the council’s registration.

The dispute stemmed from the commission’s decision on October 6, 2025, to withdraw the NYCN’s certificate of registration originally issued on October 28, 2020. The following day, the CAC and the Ministry of Youth Development announced the creation