The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved judgment in the protracted leadership dispute rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, following an appeal filed by a faction led by Kabiru Tanimu Turaki challenging the nullification of its 2025 national convention.
A five-member panel of the apex court, headed by Justice Lawal Garba, announced that the date for the judgment would be communicated to parties after lawyers adopted their final written submissions.
The Turaki-led faction is seeking to overturn the March 9 decision of the Court of Appeal, which upheld earlier rulings voiding the party’s national convention held in Ibadan on November 15 and 16, 2025.
Arguing before the Supreme Court, counsel to the faction maintained that the matter bordered on internal party affairs and was not subject to judicial intervention, insisting that due process was followed in convening the exercise.
However, the group has suffered a string of setbacks at lower courts, which consistently invalidated the convention and restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission from recognising its outcome.
The appellate court had earlier affirmed two separate judgments of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which barred the party from proceeding with the convention pending compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act and the 2022 Regulations and Guidelines for Political Parties.
In one of the rulings, Justice James Omotosho held that the party failed to conduct valid state congresses in line with its constitution and legal requirements, rendering the convention defective.
The Supreme Court’s pending decision is expected to be pivotal in determining the leadership structure and internal stability of the PDP ahead of future political activities.