Supreme Court reserves judgement in PDP leadership dispute

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking to upturn the verdict of the Court of Appeal which nullified the conduct of the party’s national convention in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.

The convention was held between November 15 and 16, 2025, at the Lekan Salami Stadium in Ibadan.

Justice Lawal Garba who led the five-member panel of Justices made the announcement shortly after lawyers representing parties in the appeal adopted their processes as brief of their arguments, for and against the appeal.

Justice Garba said the judgement would be delivered on a date to be communicated to all parties in the appeal.

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The Tanimu Turaki-led faction had asked Supreme Court to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision invalidating the Ibadan national convention.

The Turaki group appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the matter borders on internal party affairs, which are not justiciable, and that due processes were followed.

‎Lower courts had ruled against the Turaki faction, nullifying the convention, barring INEC from recognising its outcomes, and restricting access to the national secretariat in some rulings.

The suits by Turaki-led PDP are against the judgement delivered on March 9 affirming two judgements of the Federal High Court in Abuja that ordered the PDP not to hold its national convention, until it complied with relevant statutory provisions including the Electoral Act and Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties (2022).