SDP submits Adebayo’s name to INEC as candidate for 2027

By Sunday Ani

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has formally submitted the name of its presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2027 general elections.

In a letter to the commission following the party’s national convention and presidential primary in Bauchi recently, the party, through its secretary, Dr Olu Agunloye, said it was officially forwarding the details of its presidential flagbearer for the 2027 presidential poll.

The party stated that the convention and the primary election were conducted peacefully and successfully at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, Bauchi, where Adebayo emerged as the sole aspirant and secured majority support from delegates and party members.

According to the letter, titled “Submission of the Name and Other Details of SDP Presidential Candidate”, the party informed INEC that “the presidential candidate nominated by the Social Democratic Party for sponsorship in the 2027 presidential election is Prince Adewole Adebayo.”

The correspondence further requested the commission to provide the necessary nomination documents, including Forms EC9, EC9A, EC9B, EC9C, EC9D and EC9E, for the formal completion of the candidate’s nomination process.

Adebayo, who was the SDP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, was returned unopposed at the party’s convention in Bauchi after emerging as the sole aspirant for the ticket.