Lagos Labour Party (LP) chairman Kayode Salako has explained he resigned to contest for the seat of the Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives.
Salako told Channels Television he handed over the party’s leadership in Lagos to an ex-Deputy women leader, Mrs Dayo Ekong.
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He said: “We held our legal stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos yesterday (Tuesday). 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.’’