Madawaki hinged his decision to pull out of the race on a frosty relationship between him and the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa state, Umar Mustapha Madawaki, has shelved his ambition and declared support for the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani.
Madawaki, who is also known as Otumba Ekiti, announced on Sunday evening that he was no longer in the race for the governorship seat in the state.
"I have decided to put my political ambition momentarily on hold and fully support the gubernatorial aspirations of distinguished Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
"That is why I am calling on all my supporters and followers all over Adamawa state to come out on Saturday, 11th of March and vote for Distinguished Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani as governor of Adamawa state," Madawaki said.
Madawaki hinged his decision to pull out of the race on a frosty relationship between him and the LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
He said, "Given the problems and challenges I had to contend with right from my early days in the APC leading up to the party primaries, which became worse when I moved into the Labour Party, and the possibility of going into the governorship election without the cover of my party platform, I decided to put my political ambition momentarily on hold."
Ahead of the presidential and National Assembly elections, Madawaki abandoned the LP presidential candidate, Obi and supported the APC candidate, Bola Tinubu.
SaharaReporters on March 23, 2023, reported that Madawaki had dumped Obi and collapsed his structure to support Tinubu.