The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding immediate compliance with a Federal High Court order to publish Oladipupo Olatunde Adebutu as its governorship candidate for the 2027 Ogun State election.

The demand followed a judgment delivered on Friday, November 13, 2026, by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a suit brought by the PDP and Adebutu against INEC over the commission’s exclusion of Adebutu’s name from its final list of governorship candidates.

In a letter dated November 13 to the INEC chairman, counsel to the plaintiffs, Ahmed Raji (SAN), said the court granted all the reliefs sought, including an order compelling the commission to publish Adebutu’s name within 24 hours.

The suit, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2573, was filed on October 16, 2026, after Adebutu’s name was omitted from the final list of candidates INEC published on October 10.

Titled ‘Demand for Immediate Compliance with the Order of Federal High Court,’ the letter formally notified the commission of the judgment and urged it to implement the court’s directives without delay.

Raji said a copy of the enrolled court order was attached to the correspondence and expressed confidence that INEC would respect the court’s decision.

“We have no doubt that the Commission, being a law-abiding institution, will accord the Enrolled Order of the Honourable Court the requisite respect and give effect to its directives without delay,” the letter stated.

Raji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), consequently demanded that INEC publish Adebutu’s name as the PDP governorship candidate for Ogun State within the 24-hour period the court stipulated. (Nigerian Tribune)