2027: SDP has no merger plans with APC, others – Adebayo

By John Ogunsemore

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, said the party has no plans to merge with any other ahead of the 2027 general election.

Adebayo made this known at a meeting with members of the Ogun state executive of the party in Abeokuta on Saturday.

He also faulted those tagging the SDP an appendage of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying the party is an independent entity with the interest of Nigerians at heart.

Adebayo said, “Maybe APC has appendicitis, they should go to the hospital to kill it. We are a strong party. We are older than any of the parties available. Our mission is clear: we are not in government with them.

“I led the party in the last election. I’m still standing here. I’m not a minister under Tinubu, all the State Chairman, the National Chairman are intact, National Secretary. So, we are standing on our own.

“The reason people look down on us is because we don’t attack people to tackle issues, because our party is a party of intellect. We are the only party that’s a little to the left. Having been a little to the left since we came in 1989 we remain so.

“The problems of Nigeria can only be found with solutions on the left, which is that chapter two of the Constitution, invest money in education, in housing, in healthcare, good infrastructure, let Nigerians live what chief Obafemi Awolowo called a life more abundant.”