The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, Adewole Adebayo, has announced that he still remains the flagbearer of the party in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
Adebayo stated this while speaking on Arise Television’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Friday, expressing confidence that, despite the political stature of politicians defecting to the party, he would be their presidential candidate in the next election.
He said he is not worried by the claim that the high-profile politicians defecting to the party can push him aside.
Adebayo’s comment follows the defection of the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, to the party after the latter’s open criticisms of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and subsequent resignation.
The former FCT minister has been making moves to woo some politicians to his new party.
However, Adebayo said he is not afraid or threatened by the defectors, adding that every party member knows he will contest again.
“Let us understand something. I don’t worry about that; everybody who is coming in knows I will run in 2027. Any coward who will feel threatened by people coming to his party cannot be president,” he said.