FRI JAN 30 2026-theGBJournal| The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) suffered yet another significant set back in the crucial run-up to the 2027 general elections after a Federal High Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital nullified the National Convention of November 15, 2025.
The court also barred Kabiru Turaki and others who emerged as party leaders at the Convention from parading as national elected officers of the party, saying that the process of their election at Ibadan was legally flawed and irregular.
Conversely, the Court recognized the Caretaker Committee led by Mohammed Abdulrahman and Samuel Anyanwu as the legitimate leadership of the crisis thorn party ”until a valid convention is held.”
The court essentially declined to grant the order of mandamus sought by the Turaki led group, on the ground that doing so would, in the court’s view, amount to sitting on appeal over judgments of courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
Meanwhile, the National Publicity Secretary of the Turaki led group, Ini Ememobong said in a statement shortly after the Federal High Court ruling that they have briefed their lawyers to immediately file an appeal and to take all further legal steps necessary to advance their arguments and firmly protect its position on this matter.
”Notwithstanding this judgment, the Kabiru Turaki–led Peoples Democratic Party, which emerged from the Ibadan Convention, remains legally intact and unshaken, as we await the authoritative pronouncement of the appellate courts,” Ememobong said.
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