The presiding judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, has barred a faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led by Kabiru Turaki from accessing the party’s national secretariat.
In a judgment delivered on Monday, March 30, Justice Abdulmalik granted the order in a suit filed by the faction of the PDP loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike.
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The court also directed security agencies, including the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS), to protect the Wike-backed faction to access and operate from the party’s national headquarters.
According to the judge, the national convention organised on November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan, which produced the Turaki-led faction, was conducted in defiance of subsisting court orders.
He said the exercise, therefore, amounted to a nullity, citing a breach of section 287(3) of the 1999 constitution (as amended) as well as the PDP’s constitution.
