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2027: Battle for PDP’s soul deepens as factions dig in

2027: Battle for PDP’s soul deepens as factions dig in

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Nwafor
Published on 2025-11-03 00:31:00

By Luminous Jannamike

ABUJA—The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has again found itself mired in crisis, after a Federal High Court, in Abuja, stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognising the outcome of its proposed national convention in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Justice James Omotosho issued the restraining order while ruling on a suit that questioned the legality of the planned convention, a decision that has reopened old wounds and reignited long-standing divisions within Nigeria’s main opposition party.

Despite the ruling, the PDP leadership insists the convention would go ahead as scheduled, describing the judgment as an attack on internal democracy and its constitutional right to manage its own…

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