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Former President
Olusegun Obasanjo’s faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in
Ogun State, and that of Gbenga Daniel, will know their fate on March 3.
A Federal High Court in Abuja, presided over by Abdul Kafarati on
Tuesday fixed the date to resolve the crisis over who is the
governorship candidate of the party in the state.

The Obasanjo
faction, led by Mr Olurin had secured a court injunction restraining
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the People’s
Democratic Party from accepting or acting upon the results of the
primaries conducted by Mr Daniel’s faction pending the determination of
the substantive suit filled by the former on the matter. The two
factions had conducted parallel gubernatorial and National Assembly
primaries that led to the emergence of different winners.

In his argument at
the substantive case yesterday, counsel to PDP Lateef Fagbemi told the
court that the Joju Fadairo-led executive is the authentic executive of
the party in Ogun state saddled with the responsibility of conducting
primary elections. And urged the court to recognise the primary
election conducted by the factional chairman, Mr Fadairo on the ground
that a judgment delivered by an Ogun State high court recognised Mr
Fadairo as the authentic chairman of the party in the state.

But counsel to Mr
Olurin, Olagoke Fakunle however told the court to discountenance the
submissions of Mr Fagbemi on the ground that the Mr Fadairo led
executive conducted an illegal primary election in violation of a
subsisting court order which sacked him. He however prayed the court to
dismiss the arguments of Mr Fagbemi and urged the court to hold that Mr
Olurin is the validly elected governorship candidate of the party in
Ogun State.