Abubakar, the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in Kwara State and five other members have been suspended for alleged anti-party activities.
The governorship candidate had on Monday announced that the Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party had joined forces to face the ruling All Progressives Congress in the next Saturday’s elections.
The development was said to have given the impression that Basambo Abubakar had collapsed his structures in support of the PDP governorship candidate, Yahman Shuaib Abdullahi.
However, the suspended candidate and his alleged accomplices were sanctioned on Tuesday for alleged anti-party activities and disseminating misleading information to voters.
The Labour Party chairman in Kwara state, Kehinde Rotimi, while speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday said the party had not partnered with any other political party, noting that the suspended Labour Party governorship candidate broke party rules.
He said, “We are here to set the record straight. The Labour Party is a political party with an ideology, based on social justice and equality. The Labour Party had not adopted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kwara State, Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi, as said by Basambo Abubakar. He has no authority to issue such statement on behalf of the party.
“We are in a very sober mood right now because of our presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, who was massively voted for by Nigerians, but the Nigerian system came into being as usual. Currently, he’s challenging the result of the election in court. So, it’s morally wrong for us to come out and say we’re adopting another party for the governorship election against the wishes of our presidential candidate.
“So, we are not adopting PDP candidates under any guise. Whoever has done so, has done so at his own risk.
"Members of the public should disregard the information because it is misleading and incorrect.
Labour Party remains one and committed to the Nigeria project. All our candidates are contesting this Saturday’s elections. Our mandate is sacrosanct and we will not negotiate.
"Basambo Abubakar has the right of freedom of association but the party remains resolute and committed to its ideology and has not adopted any governorship candidate or aligned forces with any political party in the state," The chairman said.
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