Ishak-Bashir not our Kano governorship candidate – Labour Party

By Aminu Garko

The Labour Party (LP) in Kano State, has dismissed claims that Bashir Ishak-Bashir, who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), was its governorship candidate.

Ishak-Bashir had, on Monday, said that he had commenced talks with the APC to support him in the forthcoming elections.

He said, “I am in high-level discussion with the leadership of the All Progressive Congress (APC) at the national level on how we can support the party win the forthcoming general elections.

“I will soon get across to you on our final position on the matter,” Ishak-Bashir added.

However, Alhaji Mohammed Raji, the LP state chairman, dismissed Ishak-Bashir’s claims, saying he was never party’s governorship candidate.

Raji affirmed that Ishak-Bashir’s name has never been on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) portal as the LP’s flag bearer in Kano state.

“He came to the party alone and left alone,” Raji said.

According to him, the structure of the party remained intact with all its senatorial, house of representatives, and State Assembly candidates contesting in the forthcoming general elections.

Meanwhile, he acknowledged that there were issues in the party that had “caused disunity within the rank and file of members of the party.”

This, he said, was because “some wrong elements” had tried to divert the attention of the party and threatened to defect.

“We are strongly advising such category of people to know that we, the ‘Obedients’ are fully in support of Obi/Dati movement hundred per cent in Kano state,” he added.

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