The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Wednesday reserved judgment in two appeals filed by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party challenging earlier rulings that nullified the party’s national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, in November last year.
A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, announced that a date for the judgment would be communicated to counsel representing the parties.
The panel fixed judgment after lawyers in the matter adopted their written briefs and urged the court to grant the reliefs sought in their respective appeals.
One of the appeals, marked SC/CV/164/2026, was filed by the PDP to challenge the decision of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the ruling of a Federal High Court restraining the party from proceeding with its convention without accommodating a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido.
The appellate court had affirmed the earlier judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The second appeal, marked SC/CV/166/2026, was jointly filed by the PDP, its National Working Committee and National Executive Committee. It seeks to overturn another ruling of the Court of Appeal, which upheld a separate decision restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission from monitoring the Ibadan convention pending compliance with stipulated conditions.
That judgment was originally delivered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
During Wednesday’s proceedings, the Supreme Court also entertained cross-appeals filed by some of the respondents in the case.
The dispute centres on the legality of the PDP’s Ibadan convention and the processes leading to its conduct, with the lower courts having ruled against the party on procedural grounds.
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