Pure Lies: Kebbi Labour Party Gov Candidate Denies Withdrawing From Race To Support PDP Candidate

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kebbi State, Gambo Paul Tase has debunked rumours in certain quarters suggesting he has withdrawn from Saturday’s election.

Tase also denied reports that he has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and would be supporting the party’s candidate.

The Labour Party candidate said the rumours are simply pure lies and fake news sponsored by political mischief makers.

He, therefore, urged his supporters to ignore the rumours and come out en masse to vote for him and the Labour Party during Saturday’s gubernatorial and state assembly elections.

“I hereby categorically debunk the malicious rumour currently circulating in the state by some groups of desperate opposition parties that I have withdrawn my candidacy and have decamped to the PDP. These are pure lies and fake news,” Tase said in a statement in Abuja.

I Wrote My Withdrawal Letter Under Duress

Meanwhile, the embattled Labour Party Governorship candidate in Taraba State, Philip Munlip has opened up about writing his withdrawal letter under duress.

According to him, he was under pressure by the party’s chairperson in the state, Easter Gulmu to withdraw from March 18 election.

Naija News understands that Munlip disclosed on Channels Television’s, Sunrise Daily on Monday that Gulmu kept pressuring him to step down because she had her preferred candidate, which is Joel Ikenya.