Labour Party Governorship Candidate ‘Dumps’ Peter Obi, Meets With Tinubu (Photos)

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.

Naija News understands Bashir met with Tinubu in Abuja on Sunday evening, February 12, and discussed plans to formally join the APC.

It however remains unclear if he would also abandon his gubernatorial ambition.

The meeting was also attended by the chairman of the Labour Party presidential campaign council in Kano, Mohammed Zarewa, and some other party leaders from Kano.

Though no official statement has been released on the defection, a close associate of Bashir told TheCable under condition of anonymity, on Sunday night, 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 said another reason for the defection was the “lack of clear direction on the interest of northern Nigeria.”

Bashir was said to have also met separately with the APC vice presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima.

Below are viral pictures of the meeting which have been trending on social media.

Recall that the LP governorship candidate alongside the chairman of the Presidential Campaign Council, Mohammed Zarewa; the state coordinator of Peter Obi’s campaign, Balarabe Wakili, and a member of the presidential campaign council, Idris Dambazau had in January boycotted the party’s presidential rally held in Kano.