US EditionCourt rejects Lamido’s move to stop PDP National Convention
A federal court barred INEC from recognizing the PDP convention due to failure to hold congresses in 14 states and non-compliance with legal notice requirements.
- On Friday, a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission not to recognise the PDP convention outcome as plaintiffs sought to stop the National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State, scheduled for November 15 and 16, 2025.
- The challenge stems from alleged procedural breaches: plaintiffs argued no valid Congresses were held in 14 states, mandatory notices were not issued, and the PDP National Chairman signed notices without the PDP National Secretary.
- The legal challenge, filed as FHC/ABJ/CS/2120/2025, names nine defendants including Independent National Electoral Commission , Peoples Democratic Party , Samuel Anyanwu, and Umar Baturrle.
- The party insists the ruling will not stop preparations, saying the Peoples Democratic Party said the Federal High Court judgment will not halt its national convention plans despite Justice James Omotosho warning that procedural breaches jeopardise the event.
- Defence counsel Paul Erokoro, SAN asked the court to decline jurisdiction, arguing convention matters are internal, while plaintiffs cited the 1999 Constitution, Electoral Act 2022 and PDP Constitution to enforce compliance.
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Court Rejects Sule Lamido’s Request Seeking To Stop PDP Convention
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, refused to grant an application filed by former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa, seeking an order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its scheduled national convention. Lamido, in the motion ex-parte moved by his lawyer, Jeph Njikonye, SAN, had prayed the court to make the interim order, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed alongside. Justice Pet…
Court rejects Lamido’s move to stop PDP National Convention
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday declined to grant an application filed by former Jigawa governor, Sule Lamido, to stop the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from proceeding with its scheduled National Convention. Lamido, in the motion ex parte moved by his lawyer, Jeph Njikonye, SAN, prayed the court to make the interim order, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, ordered the PDP a…
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Court Bars PDP from Holding National Convention
By Myke Agunwa, Abuja A federal high court in Abuja has stopped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its planned national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo State. In a judgment delivered on Friday, James Omotosho, the presiding judge, stated that evidence before the court showed the party failed to hold valid state congresses before the planned national convention, as required by the 1999 constitution…
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