From Maduabuchi Nmeribeh, Kano
The Labour Party (LP) gubernatorial candidate in Kano, Bashir Ishaq Bashir, on Friday in Kano, formally declared his resignation from the party, and unalloyed loyalty, support to the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Bashir, who held a Press Conference at Horizon Hotel, Kano, before a mammoth crowd of supporters, vowed to use his platform known as: “Game Changers for Asiwaju/Shettima 2023,” with the slogan, “Sabon Lale (Swinging the Votes),” to deliver Tinubu and other APC candidates in Kano.
“We shall return to the fold of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Party,” he added.
His words: “I wish to inform you that 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 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.”
Giving reasons he dumped the LP for APC, Bashir recalled 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.”
