SDP’ll take over Aso Rock in 2027 -Adebayo, 2023 presidential candidate
…Laments poverty, hunger, insecurity under APC
By John Okezie
The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) during the 2023 general election, Adewole Adebayo, has declared that the SDP will defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2027 and unseat the incumbent administration, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Adebayo, who gave this declaration at the weekend while meeting with the SDP members and executive members of the party led by the Ogun State Chairman, Yinka Ola-Williams, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said that God had told him that there will be an SDP president in the villa in 2027.
He explained that SDP as a party has nothing against the person of President Tinubu, but against hunger, inflation, poverty, insecurity and unemployment that have ravaged the nation under the watch of the ruling party.
Adebayo, who was accompanied by the former Minister of Youths and Sports, Solomon Dalung, assured that with his party at the helm of affairs come 2027, Nigerians for the first time in a long time will have people who care for them.
“One thing that God is telling me is that there will be an SDP president in the villa in 2027.
“For the first time in a long time we will have people who care for the people. Let’s remain focused. The problems of Nigeria are our problems, not individuals.
“We are not against Tinubu as a person but we are against hunger, inflation, poverty, insecurity, unemployment. That’s what we are against,” he said.
The 2023 SDP presidential candidate, however, urged the new entrants into the party to join it legitimately.
He allayed fears of members on the alleged party hijack, saying the National Working Committee of SDP can only issue membership cards through the executive at the state levels.
Adebayo said the party is open to defectors, insisting they must do so legitimately.
He said: “People are counterfeiting naira, they are counterfeiting the dollars, they’re bringing counterfeit rice, NAFDAC is chasing counterfeit drugs. Why are you surprised that there are counterfeit party cards? Especially if counterfeit party cards are carried by counterfeit politicians who have the history of doing counterfeit in their former parties. So, we should forgive everybody, but this counterfeiting will not work in SDP.
“We are not fighting anybody; we are only saying ‘come to our house through the front door not through the ceiling or the window.’ That’s all. Everybody here joined the party legitimately, anybody coming will join legitimately.
“We have spoken to the National Chairman and the NWC, he said there’s no counterfeiting of anything. Any card that’s not given through the state, LG and executives is not from the SDP. So, if they come, you will tell them to go away. Put your name in our register here and pay us here. We will get the card for you. That’s how it is.
“They want to run faster than their legs. Secondly, you are hearing rumours that people are coming to our party, Awolowo is coming, Azikiwe is coming, Balewa, Ahmadu Bello is coming. Let’s see them. Nigerians know us and they know them.” Adebayo said.
The state chairman of the party, Yinka Ola-Williams, said the party is poised to win the governorship seat and other electoral positions in 2027.
“We want people to join us and we want to work together to provide a better government than what we have now that will remove poverty, provide a better healthcare system for people, improve education and all.
“But not that they come to the party, hijack the party and take the structure away. That’s what we will not condone, ” Ola – Williams stated.
