Again, court nullifies PDP’s 2025 Ibadan convention, bars INEC from recognising its outcomes

The Federal High Court in Abuja has again intervened in the internal crisis of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). On Monday, Judge Joyce Abdulmalik nullified the Ibadan convention held by the PDP in November 2025, and barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising its outcome.

The judgement was delivered in a suit filed by the faction of the party loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike. The Wike faction had sought to prevent INEC from recognising any other office address for the opposing faction, led by Kabiru Turaki, apart from theirs. The court also ordered INEC not to accept any change of address from the Turaki-led faction.

The judge held that the Ibadan convention, which produced Kabiru Turaki as the national chairman and others as party officials, was unconstitutional and null and void. She noted that the convention was held in violation of prior court orders and the party's constitution.

The court also granted access to the party's national secretariat in Abuja to the Wike faction, which was sealed off after chaos erupted there over the scramble between the factions last year. The judge directed relevant agencies to provide them adequate security to use the secretariat.

The judgement came just hours after the Wike faction concluded its version of the national convention of the party in Abuja, producing Abdulrahman Mohammed as the national chairman and other members of the National Working Committee (NWC).