Nigeria, May 8 -- Fresh crisis has hit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, as the High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Wednesday, granted an order stopping the conduct of the party's local government and state congresses.

The judge, Bamidele Omotoso, gave the order while ruling on Motion Exparte Number HAD/424M/2025 filed on 6 May by Afolabi Adedeji, a member of the party.

The suit was filed against the PDP, its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagun, National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature; Caretaker Chairman of the party in Ekiti Dtate, Dare Adeleke, and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The local government Congress slated for Wednesday, 7 May, was already ongoing when the cour...