An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan will on Monday hear the motion on notice filed by Folahan Malomo Adelabi against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its acting national chairman, Ambassador Umar Iliya Damagum and others on the national convention slated for November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan.
Recall that Justice Ladiran Akintola had last week, while ruling on ex parte motion, ordered the PDP to proceed with its National Convention in Ibadan.
He also adjourned till November 10, 2025, for the hearing of the motion on notice.
Folahan Malomo Adelabi, the claimant/applicant in suit number I/1336/2025, has dragged 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, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri (for himself and members of the National Convention Organising Committee), and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the Court.
The order sought in the suit includes: an order restraining the defendants or their agents from truncating or frustrating the conduct of the party’s scheduled national convention.
However, while ruling on the ex-parte motion, the court directed the PDP leadership to adhere strictly to the guidelines, timetable, and schedule of activities earlier released for the convention.
Also, it 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.
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