Nigeria, March 10 -- A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has called on leaders of the warring factions in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to halt ongoing court cases over the legitimate leadership of the party in order to allow reconciliation and restore stability.

Mr Saraki, who served as senate president between 2015 and 2019, said the litigations must stop for the party to organise another national convention and field candidates for the 2027 general elections.

He made the call in a statement issued on Tuesday by his media aide, Yusuph Olaniyonu, while reacting to a Court of Appeal judgment invalidating the PDP national convention held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, in November last year.

The former senate president urge...