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The Federal High
Court Abuja’s injunction restraining both the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from
recognising the Joju Fadairo led party congresses in the Ogun State
Chapter of the party is now unsettling the faction on what the next
step should be.

According to the
Chairman of one of the factions, Dayo Soremi, the Mr Fadairo led
group’s claim to have secured the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) nomination form to field its gubernatorial candidate,
Gboyega Isiaka, was all a ruse.

“Our attention has
been drawn to some media reports claiming that the dissolved state
executive committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun
State has been recognised as a legitimate body by the national
secretariat of our great party. This followed claims that a puppet of
Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, has been given the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) nomination form by the PDP
National Secretariat.”

“We affirm that
this cannot be true as our great party respects the rule of law and
will not be part of a sinister plot to enthrone impunity as a way of
life in conducting the affairs of the PDP” he stressed.

“To be sure, a
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has already stopped whatever
charade the Joju Fadairo led dissolved executive committee did in terms
of congresses/primaries. Both the PDP National Secretariat and INEC
were restrained from relating with the illegal Fadairo group,” Mr
Soremi said.

Solution

The ugly
development according to further findings has forced Mr Daniel, who is
the leader of the faction to abruptly cut short his trip to China and
return to the country over the weekend, apparently to find a way out of
the problem. Ironically, Mr Soremi and his group at the weekend threw a
lavish party tagged, ‘victory over our enemy.’ The party was sponsored
by the millionaire financier of the Omo-Ilu Foundation, an apex body of
the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Buruji Kashamu and held at his
Ijebu-Igbo palatial residence.

It would be
recalled that, the factional governorship candidate of the party, under
the Daniel group, Gboyega Isiaka was reported to have collected the
party nomination forms, which include the Senatorial nomination of Mr
Daniel and others from their group which were allegedly brought to the
Abeokuta party headquarters.

But barely 24 hours
after, came the controversial Federal High Court injunction, rasing
panic in the group, becoming a subject of gossip in the town.

However, in a
related development, the faction of the party which produced Tunji
Olurin as the party governorship candidate, announced that, it had
earlier collected their own nomination forms earlier before the Mr
Daniel group collected theirs, as claimed by them, stressing that, the
group the claim that the group collected forms was a mere propaganda.
Further findings however revealed that, Mr Daniel’s camp is now making
effort to ensure that the injunction is reversed, before the situation
gets out of hand. The case had been adjourned to February 8, 2011,
while the submission of nomination closes before the hearing date of
the case.

Opposition reacts

The Media Officer
to Mr Isiaka, (governorship candidate from the Mr Daniel’s group),
Bolaji Adeniji while reacting said, “Mr Olurin’s claim is false. It is
clear to say that it is a false, totally untrue and a deliberately
orchestrated subterfuge sold to confuse the party and unsuspecting
public.

“How can he claim to have a form, when did he get the form? Gboyega
Isiaka went to the party office based on the submission of his name by
the party to the INEC. He was received by Uche Secondus. He got the
forms in public, in the full glare of the press and party officials.
This was reported in the media the day after. How can someone now claim
to have a form 48 hours later. Who saw him, who witnessed it, who has
seen the form? So Olurin’s claim is a ruse that cant fly. The party and
INEC will decide the authentic candidate, which is Gboyega Nasir
Isiaka.” He said.