A former chairman of the Labour Party in Lagos State, Kayode Salako has spoken after resigning.Salako resigned as the party’s chairman in the state on Tuesday.According to him, he tendered his resignation to pursue his ambition to contest the seat of the Oshodi-Isolo Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives.Salako disclosed this on Wednesday hours after he handed over the party’s leadership in Lagos to a former deputy women leader in the state, Dayo Ekong, according to a Channels Television report. 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.” A chieftain of the Labour Party, Dayo Ekong, has been named the new chairperson of the party’s Lagos State chapter.
Why i resigned as Lagos LP Chairman – Salako
