Peter Obi, Atiku on long list of politicians set to join SDP

Peter Obi, Atiku on long list of politicians set to join SDP – Adebayo

A former presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo has announced that numerous politicians are preparing to join the party ahead of the 2027 presidential elections.

Adebayo revealed that the SDP is actively engaging in discussions with various political figures and is open to welcoming them in the lead-up to the elections.

He specifically mentioned Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as notable individuals currently in talks with the SDP and expected to join soon.

However, despite speculation about an opposition coalition for the 2027 elections, both Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have repeatedly denied rumors of leaving their respective political parties.

But Adebayo said, “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 to change the culture where if you have not been in an environment where rules are taken seriously.

“Some of them are doing some Boy Scouts, black market operations, we are dealing with that. But we welcome them into the party. All these people you have mentioned, El-Rufai, Atiku Abubakar, even former Governor Peter Obi are coming. A lot of people are coming, and we will welcome them,” the SDP chieftain said on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

Asked by the anchor to clarify his statement on Obi, Adebayo emphasized that the former Anambra State Governor is in talks to join the SDP.

He also emphasized the readiness of the party to unseat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 elections.

“Supposedly, until somebody 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.

“Surely, when we come in, and we don’t become a tower of Babel; if we come in, follow the rules and allow one person to emerge transparently, clearly, without cheating, without criminality the way we did our convention in 2022, people applauded us transparently, no court case, no crisis, no allegations.

“If they can stick to our culture and follow the way we do in the SDP and produce a good alternative to Nigerians, we are going to manifestly defeat the APC and retire President Tinubu to Lagos or wherever he chooses in Nigeria,” he said.

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