An Oyo State High Court has granted the Peoples Democratic Party approval to proceed with its elective National Convention scheduled for November 15–16, 2025, in Ibadan.

The court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission to attend and monitor the exercise.

Justice Ladiran Akintola gave the order on Monday while ruling on an ex parte motion brought before the court by Folahan Malomo Adelabi, who sued as the claimant/applicant in suit number I/1336/2025.

The defendants in the case include the PDP, its Acting National Chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum (for himself and members of the party’s National Working Committee and National Executive Committee), the Governor of Adamawa State, Rt. Hon. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (for himself and members of the National Convention Organising Committee), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

In his ruling, Justice Akintola granted all the interim orders sought by the claimant, restraining the defendants or their agents from truncating or frustrating the conduct of the party’s scheduled national convention. The court also directed the PDP leadership to adhere strictly to the guidelines, timetable, and schedule of activities earlier released for the convention.

The court further ordered the party and its relevant committees to hold, conduct, and convene the elective national convention as planned in Ibadan, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The judge also directed INEC to attend, monitor, and observe the conduct of the convention in line with the Electoral Act.

Justice Akintola stated that the claimant had established a case warranting urgent judicial intervention and commended the claimant’s demonstration of transparency by filing a motion on notice for interlocutory injunction alongside the ex parte application.

The matter has been adjourned till November 10, 2025, for the hearing of the motion on notice.