Isaac Auta Zankai, the deputy speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, and Suleiman Dabo, a member of the state assembly, have left the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP).
In the state Assembly, the Deputy Speaker represents the Kauru state constituency.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the National Secretary of the Labour Party and Chairman of the governorship Council, Umar Farouk Ibrahim, made the announcement while inaugurating the party’s 450-member Governorship Campaign Council and the unveiling of its manifesto in Kaduna on Thursday.
It goes on to say that Ibrahim boasted that half of the state House of Assembly members were “Obi-Datti” apostles, noting that the support received from the calibre of personalities in the state was an indication that the party was on its way to capturing political power both at the state and national levels in the upcoming general elections.
“sincerely speaking, today is one of the happiest moments in my life. I have gone around to campaign for our presidential candidate, Peter Obi and I have received great receptions.
“I am particularly impressed by the calibres of personalities that grace this inauguration. In the entire northern states, we don’t have any personality that dumps APC and join Labour Party except in Kaduna State with the Deputy Speaker and another member from Zaria state constituency,” Ibrahim quoted by PUNCH.