SDP to restructure and revive Nigeria

Meanwhile, the founding Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae, and a former Liaison Officer to ex-President Shehu Shagari, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, on Thursday declared that there would be no rigging in the 2023 general elections.

They, therefore, called on politicians to move to the grassroots and campaign.

The elder statesmen stated these at the commissioning of the national secretariat of the SDP in Abuja.

Falae, 84, who spoke after cutting the tape of the new office, said when they decided to revive the SDP some people thought it was going to be impossible but they did it without litigation.

He said, “We have a good presidential candidate in the person of Adewole Adebayo who did not only show the knowledge of the law but history, anthropology, architecture and other fields.”

“The party may not have a governor today, may not be in Aso rock, but the SDP is getting there. Nigeria today is in crisis. You can’t move without being kidnapped. I have been kidnapped for four days in my own farm.

“I traveled to Lagos on foot as a young man without being kidnapped. But at 77, I was kidnapped. Controlling government is not controlling party. Ask the parties, what is their philosophy, they don’t know it. They don’t have a plan, that’s why things are getting worse.

“The SDP is the only party that can restructure and revive Nigeria. More people will leave the country if things are not put right. More doctors are leaving.

“Politics is about numbers. Bring people to the party and surprise the so-called party because no one will rig the election.

“We have a good chance to deliver Nigeria and help Nigeria from disaster. You have the change to deliver Nigeria.”

Also speaking, Yakassai, represented by the SDP gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State, Dr Umar Ardo,

said the SDP should move to the grassroots and campaign adding that with the new electoral act 2022, no one will be able to rig the election.

He said the Electoral Act made it impossible for anyone to rig the election.