Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday, nullified the Peoples Democratic Party National Convention held in the state on November 15, 2025.
Presiding judge, Justice Uche Agomoh, in a ruling, barred members of the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee from parading themselves as national officers of the PDP.
Agomoh ruled that the November national convention was organised in flagrant disregard for court orders, adding that PDP cannot disobey court orders and still approach the court to seek judicial approval for actions taken against the orders.
According to the judge, PDP can only operate under a caretaker committee until a proper and lawful national convention is held.
Recall that a faction of the PDP National Working Committee led by the National Chairman, Turaki, filed a suit seeking the recognition of the National Convention and validating the NWC members elected during the event.
In November 2025, the faction organised its national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.
At the convention, 20 NWC members were elected, including Turaki (National Chairman), Hamza Akuyan Koshe (Deputy National Chairman —north), Daniel Ambrose Woye (Deputy national Chairman —south), and Arapaja Taofeek Gbola-Oladejo (National Secretary).
Days before the convention, conflicting court orders were issued pertaining to the exercise.
On October 31, 2025, the Federal High Court in Abuja stopped the PDP from going ahead with the convention.
Justice James Omotosho, the presiding judge, had held that evidence before the court showed that the party failed to hold valid state congresses before the planned national convention as stipulated in the 1999 Constitution, INEC guidelines, as well as the PDP Constitution.
On November 4, 2025, an Oyo High Court ordered PDP and Umar Damagum, the former national chairman, to proceed with the National Convention fixed for November 15 in Ibadan.
Again, on November 11, 2025, Justice Peter Lifu of the Abuja Federal High Court, restrained the party from holding the National Convention.
