Nigeria, Nov. 15 -- Despite numerous court judgments stopping the elective national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) billed for Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday (today), the party has proceeded with the exercise.

There are three subsisting judgements on the two-day convention.

On 31 October, James Omotosho, a judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, halted the convention, referencing the absence of valid congresses. He ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to monitor or supervise the exercise.

The judgement came a few weeks after he refused an interim injunction sought by some members of the party loyal to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike.

However, on 4 November A. L. Akintola, a judge ...