The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, has said there is no plan to merge with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or any party ahead of the 2027 elections.
Adebayo made this known in Abeokuta, Ogun State, at a meeting with members of the state executive of the party on Saturday.
He was accompanied during his visit by a former Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, as well as the party’s chairman in Ogun, Oyo, Lagos, among others.
Adebayo denounced insinuations of SDP, as an appendage of the APC, saying that the party remains committed to the welfare and well-being of all Nigerians.
“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,” he said.
He added, “Is there any kind of agreement between the two parties to make or to act together? Anybody who wants to join the SDP is welcome, except that you must learn our creed. We are for justice, and progress.
“As white as the horse is, so is our heart. We want the Nigerian people to regain what MKO Abiola promised. Abiola promised farewell to poverty. He sacrificed his life for it. So, anybody who wants to come to SDP must first ask himself, can you make the sacrifice Abiola made?”
He said the party is open to genuine entrants but not to people of questionable character.
