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Confusion yesterday
trailed the ward congresses of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party
{PDP} in Ogun State, as the two factions of the party conducted a
parallel exercise across the state, which was followed with some minor
skirmishes.

The factional
leaders of the troubled party are Dayo Soremi and Joju Fadairo, who
have been at loggerheads over the supremacy on who controls the party.
The Soremi-led group is supported by the minister of industry, Jubril
Martins-Kuye, while the Fadairo group is loyal to the state governor,
Gbenga Daniel.

The crisis
troubling the party for the last three years remain unresolved and
there appears to be no easy way to ensure a truce before the next
elections, despite the intervention of the president, Goodluck Jonathan.

In Abeokuta south
local government, the Soremi-led executive conducted congress at
Anglican High School, Quarry Road, while the Joju Fadairo-led executive
held its exercise at the Gateway Secondary School, Ita-Eko area of the
town.

The same
experiences were recorded in some other parts of the state, while
pockets of political tussle were similarly recorded in some areas where
the congresses took place.

Chairman of the
party in Ijebu East, Titilayo Samaiye, said the exercise went on
smoothly in the local government, despite a similar exercise held in
the area by the Omo Ilu Group, a faction of the party.

Bashiru Adebajo,
the chairman of the party in Ijebu north local government, believed to
have been the base of the group loyal to Mr. Martins-Kuye, also
submitted that the exercise was peaceful in the area.

Mr. Adebajo explained that the exercise had already been concluded
when some hoodlums, alleged to have been sponsored by the factional
group, started fomenting trouble within and around the town.