Politics
Labour Party Candidates Dump Peter Obi For Tinubu In Kano
Labour Party Candidates Dump Peter Obi For Tinubu In Kano
With only eight days until the 2023 presidential elections, the Labour Party and its Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, suffered a setback in Kano on Friday when a coalition of gubernatorial, National Assembly candidates, and others defected to the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Bashir I. Bashir, the Kano Gubernatorial candidate who led others to officially announce their defection, said they were collapsing their structure to support the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Bashir stated that they left the Labour Party because they were not consulted or carried along in the party’s affairs.
Read Also Why Obaseki Can’t Order My Arrest – Oshiomhole
According to him, “You will recall that on the 27th of January 2023, we made a press release in which we expressed our concern that neither I as the Kano State Gubernatorial Candidate nor any of my colleagues and associates were consulted on important decisions in the Labour Party. Our views were not sought out, our opinions not taken, and our voices not heard. There was a complete absence of a collaborative relationship.
“These grave issues and many other factors necessitated our decision to boycott the Presidential Rally held in Kano. It also became absolutely necessary that we review our position in the party and therefore had to ask our political associates, teeming followers and supporters to go back to their individual constituencies and consult widely on the how, why and when to make our decisions and position known.
“We have just finished our Steering Committee meeting where the feedback from our constituencies was deliberated upon and the following decisions were made.
“That as a coalition of Labour Party (LP) Gubernatorial, Senatorial and House of Representatives, House of Assembly Candidates, Chairman and Members of the Presidential Campaign Council, Members of the Gubernatorial Campaign Council, and Zonal and State Coordinators, we have decided to endorse the candidature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“We have also resolved to leverage on our existing political structures to work on the mass mobilisation of voters and swinging of votes to ensure his emergence as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the 2023 Presidential Election.
“We shall be known as Game Changers for Asiwaju/Shettima 2023. Our slogan is “Sabon Lale”…Swinging the Votes. We shall return to the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Party,” Bashir stated.
For More News Join Our WhatsApp Group With This Link Below
-
Latest News2 weeks agoAPC Primaries: Full List Of Reps Members Who Secured Return Tickets, State-By-State Breakdown
-
Latest News2 weeks agoAPC Announces Winners Of Senate And House Of Reps Primaries In Plateau State
-
Latest News4 days agoPresidency Moves Against VDM Over Fake Tinubu Audio Allegation
-
Latest News1 week ago2027: Updated List Of APC Senatorial Candidates So Far
-
Latest News2 weeks agoBREAKING: Fubara Pulls Out Of APC Governorship Primary Election
-
Latest News1 week agoTinubu Speaks Out, Says “They Want Me Dead” Over Alleged Cabal Behind Nigeria’s Insecurity
-
Latest News1 week agoList Of APC Governorship Candidates Who Have Emerged For The 2027 Elections
-
Latest News1 week agoWhat Stopped Makinde From Getting PDP Presidential Form?” – Kolade-Otitoju
-
Politics5 days agoWike’s PDP Camp Unveils 2027 Presidential Candidate
-
Latest News2 weeks agoAlex Ekubo Reportedly Marries Secretly And Welcomes Child Away From Public Spotlight
-
Latest News2 weeks agoEid-el-Kabir: Kano Declares Sallah Holiday For Schools
-
Politics1 week agoBREAKING: Tinubu Sweeps Zulum’s Ward With 2,175 Votes In APC Primary