12 days to the 2023 general elections, the Labour Party’s structure in the South-West region on Monday collapsed into the All Progressives Congress (APC).
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that Southwest Labour Party Chairman, Omotoso Banji, led the party leadership to collapse its structure in Akure, the capital of Ondo State.
The new APC members promised to mobilise support for Bola Tinubu, the presidential flag-bearer of the APC.
The defection of the Labour Party southwest members comes a day after the Kano State governorship candidate of the party, Bashir Bashir, abandoned his ambition and joined the APC.
Bashir met with Tinubu on Sunday evening in Abuja.
The Labour Party governorship candidate defected alongside other party chieftains. They include the Kano State Deputy Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Chairman of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), Mohammed Zarewa; the state coordinator of Peter Obi’s campaign, Balarabe Wakili, and a member of the PCC, Idris Dambazau.
It was gathered that their reason for leaving the Labour Party is the alleged exclusion of major Northern stakeholders in the decision-making process of the party.
These developments are a setback for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party who hopes to displace the ruling government.