Trouble for Peter Obi as LP’s Deputy Gov Candidate, Senatorial Aspirants, Others Dump Party, Joins APC
- The leadership of the Labour Party in Zamfara state has suffered a major blow following the loss of its key party stakeholders
- Peter Obi's party has lost its deputy governorship candidate, senatorial candidates and others to the All Progressives Congress in the state
- Reacting to the move by the new party members, the state chairman of APC, Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani said it is big plus to the ruling party
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The Zamfara state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has lost some of its members to the opposition party.
Ahead of next month's election, LP's Deputy governorship candidate, three senatorial candidates and seven candidates for the House of Representatives have joined the All Progressives Congress (APC).
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The names of the defectors
The deputy governorship candidate, Alhaji Sule Dansadau; Yahaya Audi Mafara, the Zamfara West senatorial candidate; Alhaji Sani Yusuf Danmasami Zamfara Central senatorial candidate and Engineer Adamu Yakubu for the Zamfara North senatorial seat joined the APC.
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Seven LP candidates for the House of Representatives and 14 out of the 19 candidates for the House of Assembly also defected to APC.
APC chairman reacts
The defectors were received by the chairman of Zamfara 2023 governorship campaign council Abdulaziz Yari at an organised defection ceremony at Talata-Mafara Local Government Area, The Nation reported.
Speaking at the ceremony, the state chairman of APC, Hon. Tukur Umar Danfulani, represented by his deputy, Alhaji Hassan Marafa Damri, expressed delight over their resolve to join the APC, which he described as a big plus to the party.
2023 elections: Prominent House of Reps ex-Speaker dumps APC, defects to PDP
In another report, a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba, returned to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Na’Abba described his former party, the APC, as a disaster and calamity that has taken Nigeria backwards.
Legit.ng gathered that a statement by Golu Timothy indicates that the former Speaker's defection was announced at a meeting of former House of Representatives members in Abuja by former deputy Speaker, Austin Okpara, who presided over the gathering.
Mental capability: Najatu fires fresh shot at Tinubu, reveals why she can’t support him
As the 2023 general election approaches, a former All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain Hajiya Najaatu Muhammad has questioned the mental capabilities of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate.
Najaatu who said she followed Buhari blindfolded without an agenda insisted that Nigeria's next president must be mentally sound.
She disclosed this in a recent interview.
Source: Legit.ng
