A High Court sitting in Oyo State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to go ahead with the party’s national convention scheduled for November 15–16, 2025, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Justice A. L. Akintola issued the ruling on Monday, following an ex parte application filed by Folahan Malomo Adelabi, effectively countering a restraining order earlier granted by the Federal High Court in Abuja last week.
9news Nigeria reports that the new ruling comes after a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, October 31, 2025, halted the PDP’s planned national convention.
The convention, slated for November 15-16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State, is expected to produce new national officers for the opposition party.
However, three PDP members, Austin Nwachukwu (Imo PDP chairman), Amah Nnanna (Abia PDP chairman), and Turnah George (South-South PDP Secretary) filed a suit, alleging a breach of the party’s constitution in the convention’s preparation.
In their suit, the plaintiffs argued that the planned convention violated the PDP constitution and due process, urging the court to restrain the party’s leadership and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from proceeding with the exercise.
The plaintiffs asked the court to stop the planned convention, arguing that the party failed to comply with its own constitution, the 1999 Constitution, and the Electoral Act in the build-up to the convention.
