By Mohammed Yangida, Lafia The Immediate past Information Minister, Labaran Maku was on Saturday presented as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Nasarawa State.
His formal declaration for APGA ended days of speculations about his political future after he failed to pick the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Maku served as a minister in the President Goodluck Jonathan PDP-led government for over four years and often cast aspersions on politicians who move from one party to the other in pursuit of personal ambition.
Speaking during his declaration at Manyi Royal Suit, Maku said the APC government led by Governor Tanko Al-makura, is characterized by mischief, bloodshed and violence and should not be allowed to continue.
Justifying his decision to join APGA, the former minister said he left PDP because of injustice, expressing optimism that his new party would form the next government in the state.
His words, “I opted out in order to seek for justice.
“The struggle to ensure that I did not become candidate of APGA is emanating from Government House in Lafia.
“There is no place they have not gone; they have threatened APGA leadership in the state.
“They know more than anybody that when it comes to vision, to leadership, to capacity to express that vision and mobilize to get people moving, they know I have the capacity and that is why they are all jittery.
“We cannot afford another round of eight years in Lafia zone which means sixteen years wait, where is the justice in that?”
Maku also presented Ibrahim Abu, an Alago man as his running mate.
