Court grants PDP approval to hold national convention in Ibadan

The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, the state capital, has granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approval to hold its elective National Convention on November 15 and 16, 2025.

The court, in a ruling by Justice A. L. Akintola, granted an interim order allowing the PDP to hold the convention, which was earlier stopped by the Federal High Court.

Justice Akintola, in a court order dated November 3, 2025, also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to attend, monitor, and observe the exercise pending the hearing and determination of the substantive motion on notice.

The ruling followed an ex-parte application filed by Folahan Adelabi against the PDP, the party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum; Adamawa State Governor Umaru Fintiri (representing the National Convention Organising Committee); and INEC.

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Adelabi, the claimant, had urged the court to restrain the defendants from truncating, frustrating, or disrupting the timetable, guidelines, and schedule of activities leading to the convention.

After hearing the motion on Monday, Justice Akintola held that the claimant successfully demonstrated the need for urgent judicial intervention.

“The court finds merit in the claimant’s motion ex-parte. The same succeeds and is hereby ordered as prayed,” Channels TV quoted the judge as saying.

Justice Akintola, therefore, adjourned the hearing of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction to November 10, 2025.

The Star