The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Jigawa State, Comrade Abdullahi Tsoho Garba, has dumped the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Garba dumped the Labour Party for the APC alongside his running mate and all the party’s National Assembly candidates in the state.

Speaking to newsmen at the Government House in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital on Friday, Garba said they joined the APC in appreciation of the giant stride of Governor Badaru Abubakar in the state.

He said: “People requested for us to contest under Labour Party but in the course of our campaign tour across the state, we all got to know how APC government transformed the State through projects and programmes that have direct bearing with command man.

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“If we are contesting to seek of progress of our state, it is no doubt what Jigawa needed is continuity and the best thing is to allow APC to continue driving the force in order not to deviate from the main track.

“So from today all of us along with our political allies have joined APC and we vowed to work for its success at national and state level in the next coming general election.

“Those who invited us to contest the election under the LP have convinced us about the development strides in the APC’s lead administration.

“We decided that there is no need for any party to be in the opposition because, initially, we are not contesting the election for our reasons but for the people’s wish,” Garba stated.

On his part, Governor Abubakar promised to hand over the defectors as a welcome gift to the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, during his visit to the state.

The Star