PDP: Supreme Court reserves judgment in appeal against judgment nullifying convention

The Supreme Court has reserved its judgement successful the entreaty filed by the Taminu Turaki faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, seeking to upturn the judgement of the Court of Appeal which nullified the behaviour of the nationalist normal held past twelvemonth successful Ibadan.

A five-member sheet of the apex tribunal announced connected Wednesday that its judgement would beryllium delivered connected a day to beryllium communicated to each parties successful the appeal.

Justice Garba Mohammed, who led the five-member panel, made the announcement soon aft lawyers representing parties successful the entreaty adopted their processes arsenic little of their arguments, for and against the appeal.

The faction of the PDP led by Tanimu Turaki had approached the apex tribunal to situation the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which had nullified the normal for being held successful disobedience of a valid bid of court.

It volition beryllium recalled that Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court successful Abuja, had past twelvemonth successful a judgement restrained the past Ambassador Iliya Damagum-led National Executive Committee of the PDP from proceeding with the normal slated for November 15 and 16, 2026, successful Ibadan Oyo State.

Justice Lifu had successful his judgement ordered that the normal should not clasp until an aspirant to the bureau of nationalist chairman, erstwhile Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, is giving the accidental to acquisition involvement and nomi...