A Federal High Court in Ibadan has overturned the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national convention held on November 15, 2025, declaring the gathering illegal and without effect.

In a decisive ruling delivered on Friday, the court restrained members of the National Working Committee (NWC) led by Tanimu Turaki from presenting themselves as the party’s legitimate national officers.

The judge affirmed that the Caretaker Committee headed by Mohammed Abdulrahman, alongside Senator Samuel Anyanwu, remains the only lawful leadership structure of the PDP until a properly conducted national convention is held.

The judgment represents a major turning point in the protracted internal crisis rocking Nigeria’s leading opposition party, which has been embroiled in months of courtroom battles and factional disputes over its national leadership.

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The leadership crisis intensified after the PDP’s poor showing in the 2023 general elections, triggering deep divisions within the party and the emergence of rival groups claiming control of its national apparatus.

Further details are expected to emerge as reactions continue to trail the ruling.