Nigeria, Feb. 12 -- The Court of Appeal in Abuja has fixed Thursday (12 February) for hearing of multiple suits regarding the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national convention held November last year in Ibadan, Oyo State.

A three-member panel of the court led by Mohammed Danjuma will consider eight separate appeals questioning the validity of the convention that produced the Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC).

Vanguard newspaper reported that the appeals arose from multiple court rulings on whether the event could proceed, which triggered a deep legal crisis within the party. But the report did not disclose how the Court of Appeal scheduled the hearing and notified parties of the hearing date.

On 31 October last...