‘No cause for alarm’: Turaki faction vows to appeal court judgement voiding PDP convention

The Taminu Turaki-led National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has directed its lawyers to immediately file an appeal on the judgement of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, which nullified the party’s national convention held in the Oyo State capital on November 15, 2025.

The PDP’s faction made this known in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, on Friday, January 30, 2026.

Ememobong said there was “no cause for alarm”, stressing that the outcome of the convention remained legally intact and unshaken.

Ememobong stated: “We are aware of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, delivered this morning, which essentially declined to grant the order of mandamus sought on the ground that doing so would, in the court’s view, amount to sitting on appeal over judgments of courts of coordinate jurisdiction.

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“We have accordingly briefed our lawyers to immediately file an appeal and to take all further legal steps necessary to advance our arguments and firmly protect our 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.

“We therefore urge our members to remain resolute and committed as there is absolutely no cause for alarm. The REBIRTH movement remains firmly on course.”

The Star