The Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan had, earlier on Friday, invalidated the PDP National Convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15, 2025. The court also directed Turaki and others to stop presenting themselves as national officers of the PDP. Justice Uche Agomoh further ruled that the caretaker committee headed by Mohammed Abdulrahman and Samuel Anyanwu remains the only recognised National Working Committee of the PDP until a valid national convention is held. The PDP governors had supported the Ibadan convention, at which Turaki and other members of the NWC were elected for a four-year term. When asked if he was concerned about the PDP cases pending in the Appeal Court, Turaki clarified that he was not, noting that the lawyers on both sides had filed their briefs on time.

Source: Punch January 31, 2026 05:11 UTC