Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment had dragged the Nigerian government to court over a failed contract initiated in 2007 by the Ogun State government. The legal battle led to the seizure of three presidential jets undergoing routine maintenance in France. But one of the jets was later released to the Nigerian government. The contract was signed in 2007, during Daniel's tenure.
'And as a patriotic elder statesman who has had the privilege of serving Ogun State as the Governor, through which he was able to bring about several developmental projects, including the establishment of the Ogun-Guangdong Free Trade Zone and others, and through which he has impacted the lives of many citizens, also as a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is this patriotic path he chooses to thread.