The Ogun State High Court has fixed April 3 and 4 for the commencement  of trial of the case brought against the former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel by the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over allegations of financial impropriety.

This decision, according to the presiding judge, Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje, is to allow parties in the case to prepare for the commencement of trial after a long lull, occasioned by the defendant going to the appellate court sitting in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to seek for the quashing of count 1 to 13 of the 28 count charge preferred against him.

It will be recalled that the Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan has ruled over the 13 count charge bothering on illegal conversion of some state landed property by the former governor, saying he had a case to answer.

The case was adjourned in November 2013, when counsel to Daniel, Mrs Titilola Akinlawon, pleaded for an adjournment to a date exceeding January 28, 2014, when the judgment would have been given in respect of the appeal.