The Umar Damagun-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is prepared to defy Tuesday’s ruling of Justice Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, directing that the plan should not hold.

The National Convention Organising Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said on Wednesday that the elective National Convention scheduled for this weekend in Ibadan will go ahead as a planned convention.

National Publicity Secretary of the party, who doubles as Secretary to the Publicity Committee for the convention, Debo Ologunagba, said information circulating about the cancellation of the convention was false.

The statement reads, “The National Working Committee (NWC) and the 2025 National Convention Organizing Committee (NCOC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) informs all party members and the general public that the 2025 National Convention of the PDP has not been postponed, but will go on as scheduled on Saturday, 15th to Sunday, 16th November, 2025 in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

“The NWC and the NCOC urge Party members and Nigerians in general to disregard misleading claims being peddled to the contrary by some individuals who, it has been revealed, are recruited by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in its failed attempt to stop the PDP National Convention.

“We are aware of the plots by the APC to destabilise the opposition and impose a one-party state in the country; a design that will be lawfully resisted.

“The NCOC and the Party will continue to work assiduously round the clock to ensure a successful National Convention in Ibadan as scheduled.

“While thanking Nigerians for their overwhelming support for our Party, the NCOC welcomes all delegates, Party leaders, officials and all supporters of the PDP who have already started arriving in Ibadan for the National Convention.”

Source; The Nation News