Court Orders Commission To Restore Youth Council Registration

Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) to restore the registration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and reinstate Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo and other members of its Board of Trustees.

The court also directed that the interim management committee led by Buhari Shehu appointed by CAC and the Ministry of Youth Development to oversee the affairs of the council be immediately disbanded, declaring its constitution and continued operation as unlawful.

The court held that CAC as a regulatory agency lacked the statutory powers to determine the tenure of leaders of an organisation or to constitute an interim management committee for any registered association.

On October 6, 2025, CAC withdrew the NYCN certificate of registration that had earlier been issued on October 28, 2020.

Following that development, CAC and the Ministry of Youth Development set up a nine-member interim management committee led by Shehu on October 7, 2025.

Sukubo, who serves as NYCN president and secretary of the BoT and one other person filed Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/2142/2025 at the Federal High Court, seeking a determination on several constitutional and legal issues.