The state Chairman of the Labour Part, Alexander Emmanuel has received no fewer than 27,000 decamped members of All Progressives Congress, the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Grand Alliance into the Labour Party.
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While receiving the decampees at Karu Local Government Area on Saturday, Emmanuel that the state chapter of LP is targeting two million votes for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election.
“These 27,000 decampees from the APC, PDP, and APGA have come to declare support for our presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and other candidates of the Labour party in Nasarawa state becuase the politicial parties in authority have failed us in all aspects of the economy.” the Chairman said in his speech.
Emmanuel said the party would embark on a door-to-door campaign across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state as soon as the Independent National Electoral Commission lifts the ban on campaigns for the forthcoming elections.
One of the defectors, Manasseh Bako, who spoke on behalf of the others, thanked the Labour Party for accepting them into the party and pledged their complete loyalty to its leaders and existing members across the state.
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
