The Labour Party in Kano State has dismissed claims that Bashir Ishak-Bashir, who defected to the All Progressives Congress, was its governorship candidate.
Ishak-Bashir had on Monday told the News Agency of Nigeria that he had commenced talks with the All Progressives Congress to support it in the forthcoming elections.
The LP Chairman in the state, Alhaji Mohammed Raji, however, dismissed Ishak Bashir’s claims, saying he was never the LP governorship candidate.
Raji said at a news conference on Monday in Kano that Ishak Bashir’s name has never been on the Independent National Electoral Commission portal as LP’s governorship standard bearer in Kano State.
He, however, acknowledged that there were issues in the party which had “caused disunity within the rank and file of members of the party.”
Raji added that “some wrong elements” had tried to divert the attention of the party and threatened to defect.
