A Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan has invalidated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Convention held in the Oyo State capital on November 15, 2025, declaring the gathering null and void.
In its ruling, the court also restrained members of the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) from presenting themselves as national officers of the party.
Delivering judgment on Friday, the court affirmed that the Caretaker Committee led by Mohammed Abdulrahman and Senator Samuel Anyanwu remains the only legally recognised leadership of the PDP, pending the conduct of a properly constituted national convention.
The ruling represents a major turning point in the party’s prolonged internal crisis, which has been marked by months of legal disputes and political battles over control of the PDP’s national structure.
The opposition party has remained deeply divided since its poor outing in the 2023 general elections, with rival factions laying claim to the party’s national leadership.
Meanwhile, the PDP moved swiftly on Friday to calm tensions within its ranks after the Federal High Court in Ibadan declined to grant an order of mandamus in a related case connected to the leadership crisis. The party insisted that the Turaki-led structure that emerged from the Ibadan Convention remains intact.
According to the PDP, the ruling did not amount to a substantive judgment on the legality of the Ibadan Convention. Instead, the court based its decision on the principle that granting the relief sought would amount to sitting on appeal over decisions of courts of equal jurisdiction.
In a statement issued shortly after the judgment and signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ini Ememobong, the PDP disclosed that steps had already been taken to challenge the ruling. The party also urged members to remain calm, united, and focused.
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