A former chairman of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Kayode Salako, who resigned as the party's chairman in the state on Tuesday, has said that he gave up the top job to pursue his ambition to contest the seat of the Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives.
He said, “We held our legal stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos yesterday . I willingly handed over the running of the affairs of the party to Mrs. Dayo Ekong because I wanted to contest an election.
“I am the candidate of the party for the House of Representatives seat in Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1. The election is about 40 days’ time and I need to concentrate to face the challenges.”All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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