Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, has spoken about the growing need for political realignment in Nigeria, underlining the importance of forming a strong coalition with the North to ensure the defeat of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 elections, during an interview with VANGUARD....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
He addressed recent rumors about the SDP’s chairman meeting with former Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai and other political figures, calling it part of the process to build a coalition of like-minded politicians.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Adebayo believes that for the future of Nigeria, a united front is necessary, especially to end the current situation of poverty, insecurity, and poor governance under the APC.
According to Adebayo, the SDP is not focused on individual political figures but on consulting ordinary Nigerians.
He shared that during his recent visit to the North, many people, including those from the ruling party, showed interest in joining the effort to bring about political change.
These discussions, he says, are crucial to moving the country away from the challenges it faces today.
Adebayo made it clear that the goal of these coalitions is to remove Tinubu from power in 2027.
He argued that if Nigerians truly care about their children’s future, they must vote for a change in leadership.
The SDP leader also expressed that the party is anti-APC due to its role in creating poverty, unemployment, insecurity, and the devaluation of Nigeria’s currency.
“We are consulting with ordinary Nigerians, because it’s not El-Rufai that is going to save the SDP or save the country. It is the people of Nigeria.
I have been in the North for a few days; people are listening to El-Rufai. People are listening to other people, and there are so many people who are even in the ruling party, who say, why are you neglecting us? We want to talk to you as well because if anybody loves Nigeria, he needs to know that coming together to get our politics right is the right thing for us to do now.
So the SDP is not anti-Tinubu. The SDP is anti-under-development, anti- poverty, anti-insecurity, anti-devaluation of currency, anti-lack of transparency and wastefulness.
We are anti–unemployment and Tinubu just happens to produce a lot of those things now. So sometimes, when we talk about it, it will look like, oh, we are against the president, but we’ve been talking about this thing for a long time even under Jonathan. We are consistent about that,” he said.
