Adewale Adebayo, former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has revealed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, the Labour Party’s Peter Obi, and several prominent politicians are currently in discussions with the SDP.
According to Adebayo, representatives of Atiku and Obi are exploring the possibility of their defection to the party.
He made this known during an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.
According to Adebayo:
“People are joining my party, and we are welcoming them. You can see how active I am in welcoming them.
“The only little issue we have with some of them is changing the culture, especially if they have not been in an environment where rules are taken seriously.
“Some of them are involved in Boy Scout-like activities and black market operations, but we are dealing with that. However, we welcome them into the party.
“All these people you have mentioned; El-Rufai, Atiku Abubakar, and even former Governor Peter Obi, are coming. A lot of people are coming, and we will welcome them.
“Until somebody actually joins, we don’t know. But people have told me, and the Financial Secretary (SDP) has also informed me, that they are talking. So we will welcome everybody.”
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Adebayo encouraged the potential defectors to embrace the values and principles of the SDP, stating that their alliance could lead to the defeat and political retirement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Bola Tinubu.
“If they can stick to our culture and follow the way we do things in the SDP, and produce a good alternative for Nigerians, we are going to manifestly defeat the APC and retire President Tinubu to Lagos or wherever he chooses in Nigeria,” he added.
