March 17, (THEWILL) – A governorship aspirant in Ogun State, Hon Ladi Adebutu, has declared that the journey to liberate the people of the state from the shackles of the ruling All Progressive Party has begun.
Adebutu stated this while picking his nomination form to contest for governor under platform of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.
This was contained in a statement by his Media Director, Afolabi Orekoya, and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the state capital
The former house of representatives’ members in Ikenne, Sagamu, Remo North Federal Constituency, said his decision to obtain the form was to contest for the governorship race so as to deliver the people from the chains of APC.
“the journey to liberate the people of Ogun State and deliver the state from the shackles of APC has formally started today”, he said.
Adebutu became the first aspirant throughout the federation to express his gubernatorial interest and obtain the Nomination form on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday, 17th March, 2022.
This followed the decisions reached at the End of 95th National Executive Committee (NEC) Meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which held on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at the PDP National Secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja which included commencement of sales of Nomination forms to interested aspirants in the party.
“the decision to express Gubernatorial interest and to obtain the Nomination form by Hon. Adebutu was a collective decision by all the party stakeholders, leaders and followers in Ogun PDP; that is the reason you can see all the leaders from Ogun State here in Abuja to jointly obtain “our” Nomination form today”, Orekoya said.
The event was witnessed by members of Ogun State Elders Council of PDP led by Chief Kolapo Ogunjobi, the State Executive members and leaders led by the State Chairman, Hon. Sikirulai Ogundele, some notable aspirants for other elective positions in Ogun State, which include Asiwaju Bolarinwa Oluwole, Barr. Taiwo Shotte, Asiwaju Toyin Amuzu, Mr Lukman Adeleye among others.
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