The crisis within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday assumed a new dimension as Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, ordered the party to proceed with its scheduled national convention slated for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan.
Justice Akintola gave the order while ruling on an ex-parte motion brought before the Court by Folahan Malomo Adelabi who sued as the claimant/applicant in suit number I/1336/2025.
The defendants in the case include the PDP, the acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum (for himself and members of the party’s National Working Committee and National Executive Committee); the Governor of Adamawa State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (for himself and members of the National Convention Organising Committee), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Justice Akintola, in his ruling, granted all the interim orders sought by the claimant, restraining the defendants or their agents from truncating or frustrating the conduct of the party’s scheduled national convention.
The court also directed the PDP leadership to adhere strictly to the guidelines, timetable, and schedule of activities earlier released for the convention.
It furthermore ordered the party and its relevant committees to hold, conduct, and convene the elective national convention as planned in Ibadan, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
Justice Akintola also directed INEC to attend, monitor, and observe the conduct of the convention in line with the Electoral Act.
He stated that the claimant had established a case warranting urgent judicial intervention and commended the claimant’s demonstration of transparency by filing a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction alongside the ex parte application.
The matter has been adjourned till November 10, 2025, for the hearing of the motion on notice.
The certified true copy of the enrolment of order was signed by the Principal Registrar of the Oyo State High Court, Mrs. S. O. Hammed, and issued at Ibadan under the seal of the court on November 3, 2025.
Kemi Olaitan
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