Thursday is shaping up to be a pivotal, one is even tempted to say, historic day for Nigerian football.
That is the day scheduled for elections into the board of the Nigeria Football Federation.
Incumbent Amaju Pinnick is attempting to become the first person to be both elected to and serve two terms. Former president Aminu Maigari, from whom Pinnick took over, hopes to be the first to be elected to a second non-consecutive term.
Chinedu Okoye is angling to be the first outsider to be elected to the seat.
All of this, however, is contingent on the elections of course taking place without a hitch. In light of the rough-housing that has gone on over the last year, any-disruptive-thing is possible, right up until the actual voting.
Pinnick, the current president is the frontrunner, but is facing a deadbeat challenge from his predecessor Maigari, who still commands plenty of clout across the voting ranks.
Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi is a former General Secretary who served under Maigari's predecessor Sani Lulu and also had a spell running the organisation on his own in an interim capacity.
Okoye is the only unknown quantity. Owner of Bimo FC, he emerged in the last few weeks to the election, with a promise to clean the stables.
Until then, here is the case for each candidate.
AMAJU PINNICK
THE CASE FOR HIM
Few Nigerians have had the sort of meteoric rise in national and world football as Pinnick has enjoyed in the last two years, and he did it all by himself, without being beholden to any football godfather.
Four years ago, he slipped into the breach created in the wake of the storm against Maigari. The centre point of Pinnick's campaign was to make the NFF self sustainable by using his private sector networks to secure sustainable funding for the NFF away from government.
Despite spending the first two years of his tenure fighting off the challenge of a usurper, Pinnick has indeed delivered on that promise. He has secured record-shattering sponsorship deals for Nigerian football.
For perspective, the NFF's partnership deal with Aiteo, worth N2.5 billion, tops the combined value of everything the NFF have had previously.
Under his watch, the Super Eagles have also mostly enjoyed professional treatment, on time payment of allowances and for the first time, travelled and returned to the World Cup without a single incident.
Youth football development has also enjoyed some progress under Pinnick, with the U-17 team winning the world title in 2015, although most of that progress has been mostly foundational.
League football has also thrived under Pinnick, enjoying record sponsorships and a partnership with La Liga.
Administratively, he has risen to the highest level of any Nigerian in continental football politics, rising to become CAF Vice President, and installing a long list of Nigerians into CAF and FIFA Committees.
THE CASE AGAINST HIM
Failure to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in 2015 and 2017 will be held against him, even though the 2015 failure already underway before he took full control.
Although the Super Falcons won the African title under his administration, women's football has suffered a perception of neglect under Pinnick, with the Falcons failing to play a single game for a whole year after that African title.
In Pinnick's defence, he did finally hire a foreign coach for the ladies, the first time ever they would have a non-local take charge
Youth football also suffered its fair share of problems, the cadet teams failing to qualify for the World Cup for the very first time.
It also cannot be ignored that league football ended prematurely with 14 games to go -- for the first time in 36 years -- although that can be blamed on the leadership crisis within the federation rather than on Pinnick himself.
ODDS: No NFF president has ever been served a second term, but Pinnick has proven time and again that going against the grain is his thing.
Current permutations leave him well placed to win an unprecedented second term.
TAIWO OGUNJOBI
THE CASE FOR HIM
One word: experience.
There are few football administrators with the experience to come close enough to, let alone match Ogunjobi.
From playing and captaining Shooting Stars, Nigeria's biggest club during his playing days, to administering the game at league level at a host of top club ranging from 3SC through Julius Berger to Gabros among others.
Ogunjobi then went on to spend nearly six years as General Secretary, a role which he wielded with power and authority between 2004 and 2010.
He was subsequently elected into the board of the NFF before losing out at the last polls in 2014.
Although the Super Eagles did not win the Nations Cup during his tenure, they almost always finished in the medal positions.
THE CASE AGAINST HIM
While his experience may be his biggest asset, it may also be his biggest liability.
His tenure at the NFF was among some of the most chaotic in Nigerian football, as friendly matches were announced and cancelled at the last minute, and player disputes over allowances went to an all-time high.
Even worse, the Super Eagles failed to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and he was recently indicted by an NFF committee and handed a 10-year ban for his involvement in the convoluted transfer of striker Kayode Olanrewaju.
That ban was later reduced to two years.
ODDS: Ogunjobi is the dark horse of the race. One who might sneak in if the top two get consumed between themselves, but he's a long shot indeed.
AMINU MAIGARI
THE CASE FOR HIM
Maigari was all posted to win a second term when all hell broke loose in 2014. He was impeached, reinstated and then resigned before the election that brought in Pinnick.
There were even suggestions at the time that Pinnick was a placeholder until Maigari decides to return.
Under his administration, Nigeria qualified for the senior World Cup, won the U-17 World Cup and the Africa Cup of Nations - both the men's and women's versions.
Maigari also enjoys the respect of a large cross-section of the football community, and is highly regarded for his integrity and fairness.
THE CASE AGAINST HIM
Nigeria failed to qualify for the Nations Cup for the first time in recent memory under his watch, when the Super Eagles failed to reach the 2012 finals.
ODDS: Much of the NFF's voting congress were Maigari loyalists who turned to Pinnick when the former president was consumed in the 2014 storm.
There have been a few changes after the last elections into state FAs, but he still commands enough numbers and support to be the strongest threat to Pinnick
CHINEDU OKOYE
THE CASE FOR HIM
Not much. Very little is known about him beyond the fact that he is the proprietor of Bimo FC, a club that competes in Nigeria's lower league.
His big asset going in is the fact of his being an outsider, one who could bring a fresh perspective to football administration in the country.
THE CASE AGAINST HIM
His administrative know-how has been compromised by the failure of his team to honour two league games, leading to expulsion from the league, and it remains to be seen how much he actually knows about the workings of football.
ODDS: If he gets one vote, that would be considered a success.