Nigeria, June 6 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regarding the leadership dispute within the party.

The appeal stemmed from a Federal High Court judgement which recognised a caretaker leadership structure within the Peoples Democratic Party as the party's interim arrangement.

A three-member panel of the court led by Judge Uchechukwu Onyemenam delivered the ruling on Wednesday, with Judges Mohammed Mustapha and Okon Abang concurring. The certified true copy of the judgement was shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday.

The court held that the dispute over the party's national convention in Ibadan had become academic following binding decisions of the Court of Appeal and the...