Appeal court affirms judgment stopping INEC from recognising PDP Ibadan convention

PDP event

The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed the judgment of a federal high court, which restrained the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from conducting the national convention held on November 15 and 16, 2025 in Ibadan.

Delivering judgment on Monday, a three-member panel of the appellate court dismissed an appeal filed by the PDP challenging the jurisdiction of the Abuja federal high court to entertain the suit.Uchechukwu Onyemenam, who delivered the lead judgment, held that PDP violated the constitutional provisions for a convention.Onyemenam agreed that no valid notice of the convention was served on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as required by law.

The appellate court also held that congresses were not held in more than 14 states, as provided by law, before the event.

Onyemenam held that the matter raised by those who filed the suit at the lower court should not be regarded as internal affairs of the party. Thecable