A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order stopping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its planned National Convention in 2025.
The ruling mandates that the party must first comply with its own constitution, the Nigerian Constitution, and the Electoral Act.
The judgment was delivered on Friday by Justice James Omotosho in response to a lawsuit filed by three disgruntled PDP members.
The judge also barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognizing the results of any PDP convention that is not conducted in line with the law and the party’s official guidelines.
Justice Omotosho stated that INEC is legally obligated to disregard any party convention that fails to adhere to these statutory requirements.
The plaintiffs had taken legal action to stop the convention, which was scheduled for November 15-16, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State.
They argued that the process for electing new National Officers was in breach of the PDP’s constitution.
The listed defendants in the case include the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the PDP itself, several of its national officers, and its key governing committees.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
