Former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State and an aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party on Friday collected the nomination form for the 2015 governorship election.
The aspirant, who paid the mandatory N3m fees, collected the form at the party secretariat in Ibadan through his Committee of Friends.
Razak Gbadegesin, the aspirant’s former Chief of Staff, who collected the form on his behalf, said the committee picked the form because the aspirant went to Abuja for an assignment.
“We are here to collect the form on his behalf and it is due to the fact that we believe in his ability to deliver when he becomes governor of Oyo State,” he said.
Gbadegesin said there was no other person that could wrestle the position from the incumbent, Gov. Abiola Ajimobi, other than Alao-Akala.
Dr Kola Balogun, another member of the committee, said that the group believed the aspirant could represent the yearnings of the people of the state.
“I want to urge PDP members in Oyo State to work hard to see Alao-Akala elected as governor of the state,” he said.
Responding, on behalf of the party, Mrs Kehinde Eboda, an official of the PDP, confirmed that the aspirant had fulfilled the necessary condition for the collection of form.
Earlier, Kehinde Salawu, state Public Relations Officer of the party, who represented the Chairman, Olayinka Taiwo, said it had no annointed candidate.
“We are going to allow for a level playing ground.”
The number of aspirants who picked the form on the platform of the party has now increased to five.
Others are Femi Babalola, Kehinde Olaosebikan, Prof. Olusoji Adejumo and Dr Gbola Adetunji.