Oyo 2027: Ali picks APC nomination forms

•Boasts PDP will be dislodged from Agodi House

Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial district, Sarafadeen Alli has picked his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary.

The former Secretary to the Oyo State Government was accompanied to the Abuja Continental Hotel, venue of sale of forms  by his colleague in the Red Chamber who represents Oyo Central, Yunus Akintunde.

Ali is perceived as the APC consensus candidate, but the Nigerian Tribune checks showed that he has a contender in the senator representing Oyo North, Abdulfatah Buhari.

Speaking with journalists, Senator Alli declared that the APC would defeat whoever is fielded by the Peoples Democratic Party for the Oyo governorship race.

He said: “We have been out of government for the last six years and our party has agreed that come 2027 May 29, we are going to be at the Government House, by the grace of God. And it’s the consensus of all our leaders and stakeholders that I will be the candidate for the coming election.

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“You can see that from what we have seen here, many of our stakeholders are here, and many are still at home.”

The APC governorship aspirant promised to run an inclusive administration, assuring the Oyo electorate that autonomy of local councils would be guaranteed under his administration.

“I’m going to prove that we are better prepared for governance. We are going to give good governance, and it will be all inclusive, different. I will make sure that I do things better. As a former chairman of local government, well, I was a local government Chairman when we had autonomy, will not run the kind of government that will stifle local government. We’re going to ensure that we have what we actually call local government, autonomy.”