Court fixes October 31 to deliver judgment in suit seeking to stop PDP convention
The federal high court in Abuja has fixed October 31 to deliver judgement in a suit seeking to stop the planned national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
James Omotosho, the presiding judge, fixed the ruling date on Tuesday after hearing final arguments from parties in the case.
Austine Nwachukwu, PDP chairman in Imo state; Amah Abraham Nnanna, Abia state chairman; and Turnah George, south-south secretary of the party, filed the suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2120/2025.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the PDP, Samuel Anyanwu, national secretary, and Umar Bature, national organising secretary, as well as the party’s national working committee (NWC) and national executive committee (NEC), are listed as the first to sixth defendants.
The plaintiffs, believed to be allies of Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), are challenging the legality of the planned national convention and seeking an order to restrain the party from proceeding with it.
