**PDP Unity: Olawepo-Hashim Calls for Calm and Reconciliation** A prominent leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has urged party leaders to put aside their differences and work towards unity following a landmark judgment by the Court of Appeal. The court's decision has brought an end to the protracted dispute over the party's national convention, which had threatened to tear the opposition party apart. According to Olawepo-Hashim, the crisis rocking the PDP is a mere "family quarrel" that can be resolved through reconciliation and unity. He made this call in a statement, citing the need for the party to put its internal differences aside in the interest of both the party and the country as a whole. The Court of Appeal's decision was handed down against a faction of the party led by former Minister of Special Duties, Kabiru Turaki, SAN. The faction had filed an appeal against the October 2025 judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which had restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from validating the outcome of the PDP's national convention held in Ibadan in November 2025. In its judgment, the appellate court dismissed the appellants' argument that the matter was purely an internal affair of the party and therefore outside the jurisdiction of the court. The court ruled that the appellants' claim was actually a case of a violation of both the party's constitution and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The court also found that the PDP failed to comply with relevant constitutional and statutory provisions required before conducting a valid national convention. Specifically, the court noted that no valid notice of the convention was served on INEC, and valid congresses were not conducted in more than 14 states of the federation before the convention was convened. Olawepo-Hashim's call for unity comes at a critical time for the PDP, which has been grappling with internal divisions and factionalism for some time. With the Court of Appeal's judgment now in place, it remains to be seen whether the party can put its differences aside and work towards a common goal. As the 2027 general elections approach, the PDP will need to put its house in order if it hopes to regain power from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). With Olawepo-Hashim's call for unity, the party has a chance to put its internal differences aside and focus on its core mission of providing effective governance to Nigerians.