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<p>The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by a faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki, SAN, thereby upholding the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to intervene in matters concerning the party&#8217;s planned national convention.</p>
<p>Delivering judgment in a set of nine consolidated appeals, a three-man panel of the appellate court unanimously affirmed the earlier decision of the lower court. The Federal High Court had previously barred the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or validating any convention organised by the Turaki-led faction.</p>
<p>The legal battle stemmed from a dispute over the party&#8217;s scheduled national convention, initially planned for November 14 and 15, 2025, in Ibadan, Oyo State. The Turaki faction had challenged a lower court order that restrained the party from proceeding with the event.</p>
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<p>In its ruling on Thursday, the Appeal Court rejected the appellants’ contention that the matter constituted an internal affair of the party and was therefore outside the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court. The panel held that the Federal High Court was fully competent to hear the suit.</p>
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<p>Delivering the lead judgment, the court stated that the appellants could not “repackage a clear violation of the party constitution and that of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as an internal party affair.” It emphasised that the issues raised extended beyond internal party politics and touched on statutory and constitutional violations.</p>
<p>Consequently, the court dismissed the appeals for lacking in merit and awarded a cost of N2 million against the appellants, to be paid to the respondents.</p>
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