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Kano: LP Guber Candidate Allegedly Deserts Obi and Sets Sail to APC Following a Tête-à-Tête with Tinubu
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The LP Kano guber candidate has reportedly joined APC.
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This is coming after the candidate met with the APC presidential candidate.
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A close ally of the candidate confirmed the defection.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kano State, Bashir Ishaq Bashir, has reportedly defected after meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu.
This online media platform understands that Bashir met with Tinubu in Abuja on Sunday evening, February 12, and discussed plans to formally join the APC.
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Bashir Ishaq Bashir, Labour Party, Kano State, Bola Tinubu, Mohammed Zarewa, Kassim Shettima
It remains unclear if he will also abandon his gubernatorial ambitions.
The meeting was attended by the chairman of the Labour Party’s presidential campaign council in Kano, Mohammed Zarewa, and some other party leaders from Kano.
Although no official statement has been released on the defection, a close associate of Bashir, who spoke to TheCable under the condition of anonymity on Sunday night, said that the major reason for the defection was the exclusion of major northern stakeholders in the decision-making process of the party’s campaign. The associate also stated that there was a lack of clear direction on the interests of northern Nigeria.
Bashir was said to have also met separately with the APC’s vice presidential candidate, Kassim Shettima.
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Pictures of the meeting, which have been trending on social media, are included below.
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