Lamido Sues PDP, Seeks Court Order To Stop November 15 Convention

A former Governor of Jigawa State and founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sule Lamido, has dragged the party before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order to halt its forthcoming national convention scheduled for November 15 and 16 in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Abia Radio News reports that the convention is expected to elect new national officers to pilot the affairs of the opposition party, but Lamido, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, insists the process is flawed and discriminatory.

In his suit marked FHC/ABJ/CD/2229/2025, filed by his counsel, Jephthah Chikodi Njikonye (SAN), Lamido asked the court to restrain the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from proceeding with or supervising the convention.

The former governor alleged that he was “unlawfully and illegally denied” access to the nomination form required to contest for the position of national chairman at the Ibadan convention.

According to him, the PDP’s actions violated the provisions of its constitution and internal guidelines, which guarantee equal opportunity for all eligible members to participate in internal elections.

Lamido contended that the convention’s planning process had excluded key stakeholders and failed to adhere to the party’s constitutional requirements.

“The party failed to create equal opportunities for qualified aspirants, including myself, to contest for elective offices at the national convention,” he stated in his affidavit.

He argued that the leadership’s decision to deny him a nomination form amounted to a breach of natural justice, insisting that the process should be halted until the anomaly is corrected.

The plaintiff is asking the court for a mandatory injunction compelling the PDP to issue him a nomination form for the position of national chairman before any convention can hold.

Lamido also urged the court to bar INEC from supervising, aiding, or recognizing any convention conducted without his participation, warning that doing so would give illegal legitimacy to an otherwise unconstitutional process.

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