US EditionCourt orders PDP to hold national convention as Wike renews attack on Damagum
Oyo State High Court ruled the Peoples Democratic Party must hold its national convention as scheduled to resolve leadership disputes despite a Federal High Court halt.
- On November 3, 2025, the Oyo State High Court granted interim orders compelling the Peoples Democratic Party to hold its national convention on November 15 and 16, 2025.
- A Federal High Court in Abuja halted the convention on October 31, 2025, citing invalid notices to about 14 state chapters not signed by Umar Damagum and Senator Samuel Anyanwu.
- The petition alleges Senator Samuel Anyanwu led attackers who fired tear gas, wounded staff including Mr. Terna Tergba, Mrs. Cecilia Ukwayi, and Mr. Innocent Ezekiel, and tried to install Abdulrahman Mohammed as acting National Chairman.
- The dispute has produced suspensions splitting the National Working Committee into camps led by Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum and Abdulrahman Mohammed, while PDP governors petitioned the Inspector General of Police and the Board of Trustees led by Senator Adolphus Wabara plans to meet before November 10.
- Legal practitioners and barristers warned the conflicting orders amount to 'forum shopping', citing the National Judicial Council's December 15, 2021 warning and urging the PDP to seek Court of Appeal clarification.
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Court Okays PDP Convention; Party’s BoT Meets Today
The crisis surrounding the planned national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) slated for November 15 and 16 deepened on Tuesday following a fresh order from an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan approving the conduct of the convention. The latest order came just days after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, October 31, halted the proposed convention on the grounds that valid notices were not issued to about 14 state cha…
Court orders PDP to hold national convention as Wike renews attack on Damagum
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been ordered by a High Court in Oyo State to proceed with its national convention on 15 November in Ibadan, following a legal directive that has intensified tensions within the opposition party.
Wike Rejects Oyo Court Order Clearing PDP Convention, Says Abuja Judgment Stands
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed Tuesday’s ruling of an Oyo State High Court which authorised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to proceed with its national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan. Justice Ladiran Akintola had granted an ex parte application in suit I/1336/2025 filed by […]
Court Clears PDP to Hold November National Convention Despite Leadership Turmoil - TV360 Nigeria
The Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has given the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the green light to proceed with its elective National Convention scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025. In an interim ruling delivered by Justice A. L. Akintola, the court authorized the PDP to conduct the convention as planned in Ibadan and directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to attend, monitor, and observe the exercise pending the determi…
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