Court Orders PDP To Stop Planned 2025 National Convention

The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from holding its planned national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, which was scheduled for November 15 and 16.

Justice James Omotosho, who delivered the ruling on Friday, upheld a suit filed by three dissatisfied members of the party.

The court held that the PDP violated the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and its own party constitution.

Justice Omotosho stressed that the party failed to conduct valid state congresses before planning to hold a national convention to elect new national officers.

Consequently, the court ordered the PDP to first resolve its internal issues and issue the mandatory 21-day notice before rescheduling the convention.

The case was filed by Hon. Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP Chairman), Hon. Amah Abraham Nnanna (Abia PDP Chairman), and Turnah Alabh George (PDP Secretary, South-South).

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2120/2025, sought to stop the convention from going ahead.

The defendants in the case included the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the PDP, the party’s National Secretary Senator Samuel Anyanwu, the National Organising Secretary Umar Bature, party officials Ali Odefa and Emmanuel Ogidi, and the National Working Committee (NWC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party.

The court also dismissed the defendants’ preliminary objections, which argued that the issue was an internal party matter beyond the court’s jurisdiction.

KanyiDaily also reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja sacked Rep. Abubakar Gummi from office for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).