The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed the Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it will not effect any change in the party’s national leadership until all court cases challenging the November national convention are fully resolved.
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This decision comes a few days after INEC held a meeting with the two rival factions of the PDP leadership. At the meeting on Friday, December 19, the Commission told both groups that it would await the outcome of the pending court cases before recognising any faction claiming leadership of the party.
In a letter dated December 22, 2025, and signed by INEC’s Secretary, Dr Rose Oriaran-Anthony, the Commission said it would neither recognise nor upload on its website the list of “national officers” that emerged from the November 15–16, 2025 national convention held in Ibadan.
INEC explained that accepting or recognising factional executives while the matter remains before the courts would amount to a breach of subsisting judgments which the Commission is bound to respect. It therefore resolved to refrain from taking any action until the judiciary determines the issues.
The letter, addressed to PDP’s counsel, Akintayo Balogun & Co, stated that the party’s leadership dispute is sub judice, adding that INEC cannot take any administrative step that could pre-empt the outcome of the ongoing legal processes.
The Commission stressed that it would not update its records to reflect any change in the PDP’s national leadership pending the final determination of all court cases challenging the convention.
“In the light of the above pending suits, your request is prejudiced and cannot be acceded to until the determination of the pending appeals,” the letter reads.
“In the circumstances, and in obedience to the rule of law and subsisting court orders, the commission is unable to accede to the demand to recognise or update the list of the national officers said to have emerged from the PDP National convention of 15th- 16th November 2025.”
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