Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has urged leaders and stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to halt ongoing litigations over the party’s disputed national convention and focus on organising a fresh one in line with electoral guidelines.
Saraki made the appeal on Tuesday in a statement on Facebook signed by the Head of the Bukola Saraki Media Office, Yusuph Olaniyonu, while reacting to the Court of Appeal judgement that upheld earlier rulings invalidating the PDP national convention held in Ibadan, Oyo State, in November 2025.
The former Kwara State governor said the party should accept the court’s verdict and move swiftly to conduct a new convention in line with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) timetable.
“My own position is that the Court of Appeal has ruled. However, with the revised timetable by INEC, it is obvious that there is no time to wait for the Supreme Court decision,” Saraki said.
He warned that prolonged litigation could jeopardise the chances of party members planning to contest elections under the PDP platform in the 2027 general elections.
“If our motive is to see that we do not jeopardise the chances of our numerous members who want to contest elections on our platform, then this consideration should be the priority of all of us in the party,” he added.
Saraki stressed that political parties exist to provide platforms for candidates seeking elective offices and should not allow internal disputes to undermine that objective.
