The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is currently examining the conflicting court orders surrounding the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) national convention scheduled for Saturday in Ibadan, Oyo State.
A senior INEC official who spoke with Punch on Thursday confirmed that the commission’s legal department had begun reviewing all relevant rulings issued by courts of coordinate jurisdiction.
According to the source, a final decision on whether INEC will attend or withdraw from the exercise will be made shortly.
“We will definitely decide before the convention begins,” the official said, noting that the legal team remained cautious due to the sensitive nature of the matter.
The development comes amid conflicting judgments from different courts, with one restraining the PDP from holding its convention and another permitting the party to proceed.
Meanwhile, despite the conflicting court rulings on the PDP planned national convention, delegates and party leaders have continued to arrive in Ibadan, Oyo State, ahead of Saturday’s exercise.
The National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the PDP, Kamorudeen Ajisafe, told Punch on Thursday that the party had “secured the attendance of delegates from at least two-thirds of the 36 states,” meeting the constitutional threshold for a valid convention.
He said, “As of Wednesday afternoon, delegates had already begun arriving. People have started arriving, delegates, stakeholders, state chairmen. We have secured two-thirds of the attendance of states, apart from one or two that we are doubting. Even if you don’t have all 36 states, you are still good to go with two-thirds.”
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