Abdullahi Tsoho, a former Labour Party (LP) candidate for governor of Jigawa State who later moved to the APC, claimed that party members in the state tore down the organization's structure in protest at the leaders' disregard for the principles upon which the party was founded.
According to Prime 9ja Online, Tsoho's defection occurred just hours before the APC's presidential candidate Bola Tinubu was set to campaign in the state.
Tsoho met with Jigawa Governor Muhammad Badaru and APC candidate for governor of the state Umar Namadi at the Government House.
Tsoho said that he joined the APC alongside his running mate, the senatorial candidates, the reps candidates for the Labour Party, and the state party chairman.
“We withdrew our candidates from the LP and merged them into the APC in appreciation of what Badaru has done to the people of Jigawa State.
“We are defecting on behalf of our people; our defection is unconstitutional. We have urged all our members to vote for the APC from top to bottom.
“Labour Party was formed based on ideology; however, recent happening shows that it is becoming a personal and regional affair.
“That has also discouraged us from continuing in the party, I am a labouring man, but there is no longer ideology in Labour Party.
“We are doing labour party not based on tribalism, regionalism but what are witnessing now is the party is going through this negative aspect that makes us not to continue.
“We decided that there is no need for any party to be in the opposition in Jigawa because, initially, we are not contesting the election for our reasons but for the people’s wish.
“The reason we are decamping is that we are following people’s wishes that made us join the APC,” Tsoho said.