Isaac Auta Zankai, the deputy speaker of the Kaduna state assembly, and Suleiman Dabo, another member of the Zaria state constituency, have defected from the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Labor Party (LP).
Umar Farouk Ibrahim, the national secretary of the Labour Party and the head of the state governorship council, said this on Thursday in Kaduna, during the inauguration of the 450-member governorship campaign council of the party and the release of its platform.
Ibrahim noted that the support the party was receiving from the caliber of personalities in the state was a sign that the party was on the march to capturing political power both in the state and at the national levels in the upcoming general elections. He claimed that half of the state House of Assembly members were “Obi-Datti” apostles.
Sincerely speaking, this is one of my happiest days ever, he remarked. In my travels to spread the word about Peter Obi, our presidential candidate, I have been well-received.
“The caliber of personalities that attended this inauguration truly impressed me. Except for the Deputy Speaker and another member from the Zaria state seat in Kaduna State, none of the personalities in the northern states have left the APC for the Labor Party.
