The Kabiru Turaki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the supreme court to restrain the faction loyal to Nyesom Wike, minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), from conducting its national convention scheduled for March 29 and 30.
The Turaki-led PDP faction on Friday filed an appeal against
the judgement of the court of appeal, which upheld the ruling nullifying its
national convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, in November 2025.
In the appeal, the PDP faction argued that the court of
appeal and the federal high court lack jurisdiction over the matter.
BACKGROUND
In October 2025, the federal high court in Abuja stopped the
PDP faction led by Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, and Bala Mohammed, governor
of Bauchi, from going ahead with its national convention slated for November 15
and 16 in Ibadan.
James Omotosho, the presiding judge, ruled that the evidence
before the court showed that the party failed to hold valid state congresses
before the planned convention as stipulated in the 1999 constitution and
guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as well as
its own constitution.
Despite the ruling, the PDP national working committee (NWC)
of the faction went ahead with the national convention in Ibadan.
The Ibadan convention produced Turaki as national chairman
of the faction and other members of the NWC.
However, the faction loyal to the FCT minister did not
participate in the convention but rather constituted a parallel NWC, board of
trustees (BoT) and national executive committee (NEC).
On March 9, the court of appeal in Abuja affirmed the
judgement of a federal high court, which restrained the conduct of the Ibadan
convention.
The three-member panel of the appellate court dismissed the
PDP NWC appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the federal high court to
entertain the suit.
The Wike faction had scheduled its national convention for
March 29 in Abuja.
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