By Jeffrey Ahonmisi
A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, has nullified the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Convention held in the city between November 15 and 16, 2025.
The court also ruled that the Caretaker Committee led by Mohammed Abdulrahman and Senator Samuel Anyanwu remains the only recognised National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP, pending the conduct of a valid national convention.
Recall that the Kabiru Turaki faction of the PDP had filed a suit seeking recognition of the convention held in Ibadan on November 15, 2025, and validation of the NWC that emerged from the convention.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Uche Agomoh, the court also barred Turaki and other officials purportedly elected at the convention from parading themselves as national officers of the party.
The court held that the convention was conducted in flagrant disobedience to subsisting court judgments, adding that seeking judicial approval for actions taken in defiance of court orders is an exercise in futility.
The judge further declared that the PDP can only operate through the caretaker committee until a proper and lawful national convention is conducted.
The judgment follows a protracted crisis within the PDP, which held a controversial national elective convention in Ibadan in November 2025 despite existing court orders.
Earlier, a Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Justice Peter Lifu, had ordered the suspension of the PDP convention in a suit filed by former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido.
Governor Lamido had challenged the process, alleging he was denied the opportunity to purchase a nomination form to contest for the party’s chairmanship, contrary to the PDP constitution and guidelines.
Meanwhile, the Kabiru Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party says it has briefed its legal counsel to immediately file an appeal and take all necessary legal steps to defend the party’s position on the matter.
This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ini Ememobong.
The statement maintains that the Kabiru Turaki-led PDP, which emerged from the Ibadan Convention, remains legally intact and unshaken as the party awaits the final pronouncement of the appellate courts.
The party also urges its members to remain resolute and committed, stressing that there is no cause for alarm, while noting that the party’s “Rebirth Movement” remains firmly on course.
Edited by Titilayo Kupoliyi
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