The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Kano state, Bashir Ishaq Bashir, has formally resigned from the party and declared his support for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bashir at the weekend withdrew support from Peter Obi who is the LP presidential candidate and declared total support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is the APC presidential flag bearer.
He made his decision known during a briefing at Horizon Hotel, Kano, where he also stated reasons why he led other LP chieftains to boycott the LP presidential rally held at the Kano Pillars stadium, Sabon Gari area of Kano on January 22.
Bashir vowed to use his platform known as the game changer for Asiwaju/Shettima 2023, with the slogan, ‘Sabon Lale’ (Swinging the Votes) to deliver Tinubu and other APC candidates in Kano.
He said: “We shall return to the fold of the APC, and I wish to inform you that we have just finished our Steering Committee meeting where the feedback from our constituencies was deliberated upon.
“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 Governorship 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 our existing political structures to work on the mass mobilisation of voters and swinging of votes to ensure his (Tinubu’s) emergence as the president of Nigeria.
“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 APC.”
Giving reasons why he dumped the LP for APC, Bashir recalled that, on 27 January, we expressed our concern that neither I as the Kano State Governorship candidate nor any of my colleagues and associates were consulted on important decisions in the Labour Party.
