The Director General for the PDP Gubernatorial Campaign Council in Kwara, Prof. Ali Ahmad, has hailed Comrade Basambo Abubakar over his decision to combine efforts with the PDP to wrestle power from the ruling APC in the state.
Ali described Basambo as “a patriotic Kwaran and true believer in the #RecoverKwara struggle.”
In a statement on Tuesday by the Director-General and Signed by his Media Assistant, Abdulwaheed Sulaiman, Ali affirmed that the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate is a true son of the soil whose ambition was truly built on a core mandate aimed at birthing a prosperous Kwara devoid of bitter politics.
The former federal Lawmaker remarked that while other political actors in the state were following the trend of deep-pocket politics, Basambo jettisoned such politics, embraced developmental politics, and demonstrated the qualities worthy of a statesman.
“I salute Mallam Basambo’s decision to join hands with our great party, the PDP, to recover and deliver the state from the lackluster Gov AbdulRazaq-led ruling APC in combining efforts with our party’s standard-bearer, Alhaji Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi, the incoming governor of Kwara state Insha Allah. This singular gesture is a testament to the fact that Basambo is a true son of the soil, a patriotic Kwaran, and a true believer in the #RecoverKwara struggle.
“We have equally seen some political actors whose parochial interests were all hinged on deep-pocket defecting from one party to another. I can not but commend my brother, hero of our democracy in Kwara, the Labour Party Gubernatorial Candidate for displaying statesmanship,” the statement reads.
The Director General added that for the people to enjoy equitable distribution of wealth, “they must vote massively for all the PDP candidates at the forthcoming gubernatorial and state assemblies election in Kwara state.”
“As the gubernatorial and State assemblies election comes in few days, Our party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has always in every forum warned Kwarans of the danger ahead if hoodwinked again by the lackluster APC government for another four years mandate. We have equally provided a better alternative to the people by bringing on board a true manager of resources who is ready to provide the true leadership needed to make Kwara a greater state.
“It is on this note that I call on conscientious Kwarans to come out en mass, peacefully, and vote massively for our gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi, the incoming governor of Kwara state Insha Allah, alongside all our 24 state house of assembly standard-bearers under the banner of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), across the various constituencies in the state on Saturday, March 18, 2023.”
THE ELITES WATCH ONLINE NEWSPAPER reports that the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Kwara, Mr. Basambo Abubakar disclosed at a press conference held in Ilorin, the state capital on Monday of his decision to adopt Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi who he described “as sharing the same vision for the people of the state.”
In his remark, Basambo reaffirmed the support and that of his party’s supporters for the decision of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party challenging the outcome of his elections.
He, therefore, urged supporters and members of his party to vote en mass for the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, at the March 18, 2023 polls.