BREAKING: PDP Staff Stand Firm Behind Turaki-Led NWC, Defy Court Ruling!

The management and staff of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have reaffirmed their unwavering recognition and loyalty to the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki (SAN)‑led National Working Committee (NWC), insisting that the leadership elected at the Ibadan National Convention remains legally valid despite a recent ruling by the Federal High Court, Ibadan.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, and signed by Acting Director of Administration, Gambo Gaude, Director‑General of the PDP, Dr Edward Ugbada, alongside 74 other party staff, the party workers argued that courts lack jurisdiction over internal party matters.

The statement emphasised that the Ibadan National Convention, held on November 15–16, 2025, was convened in strict compliance with the PDP Constitution and was legally recognised by all relevant party organs.

The statement read,“That the entire Management and Staff of the Peoples Democratic Party reaffirm our recognition, loyalty, and allegiance to the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN-led National Working Committee of our great party, which was duly and legally elected at the party’s National Convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15–16, 2025.

“That we stand by the election of the National Working Committee and all other resolutions reached at the Ibadan National Convention, as they are in the general interest of our party in the exercise of its supremacy over its internal affairs, in line with the Constitution of the PDP and extant judgments of the Supreme Court.

“That the staff of the PDP, as custodians of the PDP Secretariat, will not align with or recognise any other unauthorised leadership apart from the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN-led National Working Committee, because the leadership was validly elected at the National Convention sanctioned by all the legitimate organs of the party.

“That it is already established in a plethora of judgments of the Supreme Court that issues of membership, leadership, congresses, and conventions of a political party are entirely the internal affairs of the party, requiring only the party’s internal mechanisms, over which the courts have no jurisdiction to interfere or interrogate.”

Naijaonpoint reports that the staff stated that the party met the legal requirements of section 84 of the Electoral Act, 2022, by notifying INEC of the National Convention, which was held ‘’with INEC present.’’

The party staff equally noted that the recent Supreme Court ruling in INEC vs SDP & Ors reaffirmed that political parties are only required to notify the Commission, a step the PDP duly completed.

The group stated,“We are also aware that, according to the Electoral Act, the only time a Convention, Congress, or Meeting would be voided under the law is if notice of such events were never given to the Commission, which is not the case in this instance.

“That under section 31(3) of the PDP Constitution, the decision of the National Executive Committee (in this case, to hold the Convention to elect a new leadership of the party) is binding on all organs and members of the Party; a provision which rendered the litigation by the two former members of the party and the consequential judgments against the Convention by Justice Kolawale Omotosho and Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, surprising.

“In the case of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, it is clearly inconsistent with the extant judgment of the Supreme Court on the party’s internal affairs, especially as the subject matter is before an appellate court on the ground of want of jurisdiction of the trial court.

“It is of particular concern that Justice Agomoh accused our party of conducting the Convention in disobedience to the order of the court when, in fact, the judge was made aware of the ruling by the Oyo State High Court, which ordered our party to conduct the exercise.”

They expressed surprise that Justice Uche Agomoh, in her judgment, allegedly misapplied the law by granting reliefs not requested against the party, going so far as to attempt to create a Caretaker Committee to impose on the party beyond her jurisdictional authority.

They added that the party’s Constitution contains no provision allowing any unelected individual or group to arbitrarily form committees or assign positions to themselves.

The statement added,“As critical stakeholders in the democratic process, we urge the National Judicial Council to caution judges who are complicit in delivering judgments or issuing orders that make them appear as willing tools in the hands of the All Progressives Congress to cripple opposition and destroy our hard-earned democracy.”..See More

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