By Huldah Shado
A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from recognising the outcome of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s 2025 National Convention.
Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice James Omotosho held that the PDP violated key provisions of the Electoral Act and its own constitution in planning the convention.
The court found that the party failed to conduct congresses in several states and issued no valid 21-day notice to INEC, thereby breaching legal requirements.
It also ruled that official documents signed by the National Chairman without the National Secretary’s counter-signature were invalid.
Justice Omotosho therefore ordered INEC not to receive, publish, or recognise the outcome of the convention scheduled to hold in Ibadan until the party regularises its processes.
