The National Working Committee (NWC) and the 2025 National Convention Organising Committee (NCOC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday insisted that the convention will go on as planned.
Debo Ologunagba, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, in a statement, said the 2025 National Convention of the PDP has not been postponed but will hold as scheduled from Saturday, November 15 to Sunday, November 16, 2025, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The statement followed conflicting court rulings in Abuja and Ibadan over the scheduled elective convention.
The party also accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of recruiting people to frustrate the convention and of spreading rumours aimed at stopping the exercise.
According to him, “the NWC and the NCOC urges 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.
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“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.”
He assured that 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 Ibadan for the National Convention,” he added.
