The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, dared the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which nullified the PDP National Convention held at Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 AND 16, 2025, at the Supreme Court. The minister threatened that taking the matter to the Supreme Court will prolong the crisis in the party.

Wike described the judgment of the Appeal Court, which upheld the earlier judgement of the Federal High Court, on the November national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ibadan, as a wake-up call and an opportunity for members of the party to look inward and salvage the situation in order to move forward.

The minister, at his residence in Abuja, threatened that "anyone who truly loves the party should not take the matter to the Supreme Court, as doing so would only prolong the internal crisis within the party".

Wike insisted that March 29 and 30, the dates earlier announced by the caretaker committee, for the factional PDP convention, remain unchanged, with preparations already in top gear.

The FCT Minister further disclosed that approval has been secured to host the convention at the Velodrome of the National Stadium in Abuja.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday had dismissed an appeal by the PDP against the October 31 judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from recognising the outcome of the national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, on November 15 and 16.