The Supreme Court has voided the national convention a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16, 2025.
The convention produced the Tanimu Turaki, SAN-led factional national executives of the party
The apex court gave the judgment on Thursday in a ruling that is expected to shape the 2027 general election.
Justice Stephen Jona Adah who read the lead majority judgment held the disobedience to lawful order of court by the Seyi Makinde-backed faction of the PDP was an unpardonable act that must not be allowed in the interest of the rule of law and democracy.
However, Justices Haruna Tsanami and Abubakar Sadiq Umar, in the minority judgment, held that the issue in dispute was an internal affairs of a political party that ought not to have been adjudicated upon by any court.
A former governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido had asked the court to stop the national convention on the grounds that he was denied nomination forms to participate in the exercise.
Recalls that a Federal High Court had earlier stopped the convention, citing breaches of the party’s constitution and failure to comply with due process.
Despite the order, the convention went ahead, prompting further litigation.
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The Court of Appeal subsequently upheld the decision of the lower court, affirming that the exercise was held in violation of valid judicial pronouncements and that its outcome could not stand.
Dissatisfied with the concurrent judgments, the Turaki-led faction approached the Supreme Court, seeking to overturn the rulings and validate the convention as well as the executives it produced
