The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reaffirmed its commitment to hold its 2025 National Convention in Ibadan this weekend, dismissing what it labels as desperate obstruction attempts by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
In an official statement, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, firmly denied any postponement, confirming the event will proceed from Saturday, November 15, to Sunday, November 16, 2025. He urged members and the public to disregard “false and misleading” reports, which the PDP alleges are being spread by the APC to create confusion and disrupt its democratic processes.
The PDP characterized the ruling party’s actions as a “failed plot” intended to weaken the opposition ahead of its convention. Ologunagba further accused the APC of a broader scheme to destabilize rival parties and impose a one-party system in Nigeria, vowing that such a design would be “lawfully resisted.”
In a related development, an Oyo State High Court in Ibadan has extended an interim order protecting the PDP’s right to hold its convention without interference.
This order will remain in force until Friday, when the court is scheduled to resume hearings on the substantive case.
This legal protection follows a similar order issued the previous week amid reports of internal and external pressure to halt the convention.
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.
