The Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, yesterday, restrained the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki from gaining access into the national secreatrait of the party In Abuja.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik made the order while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by a faction of the party loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
Justice Abdulmalik also ordered the security agencies, including the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), Department of State Services (DSS), among others, to give adequate protection to Wike-led faction of the PDP while accessing the secretariat.
The judge held that the purported national convention held by the Turaki-led faction on Nov. 15 and Nov. 16, 2025 in Ibadan and the election of party’s officials, against the valid court orders, was a nullity.
She said the convention violated Section 287(3) of the Nigerian Constitution (as amended), as well as the PDP’s constitution.
She described the expulsion of Wike and his allies from the party during the 2025 convention as an affront to the order of court.
“I considered the expulsion of the members of the plaintiffs as not only an affront to the subsisting judgement, but also a direct assault to a democratic and principled society,” the judge said.