Nigeria, April 5 -- The Peoples Democratic Party has directed all members of the party that instituted court cases against the party to withdraw them or face sanctions.

The deputy national publicity secretary of the PDP, Diran Odeyemi, said in a statement on Thursday that the party considered myriads of cases instituted against it by its members as inimical to the successes it has achieved in the last few years.

The party is apparently disturbed by the ruling against the candidacy of the governorship candidate of the party in Osun, Ademola Adeleke, by a high court in Bwari, Abuja and other outstanding litigations.

Mr Adeleke, a serving senator, was recently declared the winner of September 22 governorship election by the Osun governors...