SDP has commenced nationwide stakeholder consultation as they woo top political gladiators to join the party in a calculated move to win the 2027 presidential election.
NewsOnline Nigeria reports that the National Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Shehu Gabam has stated that the opposition party is in talks with prominent Nigerians on how to win the 2027 election.
This Nigerian news platform understands that Gabam made this known in an interview with The Punch Newspaper on Sunday.
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When asked if El Rufai and others preparing your party for Atiku Abubakar or Peter Obi for the 2027 election and if they reached out to him, Gabam, ” No, that is my party’s strictly confidential issue. It’s not for the public domain. We’re discussing with a lot of prominent Nigerians beyond your imagination”.
“You are in the SDP headquarters. You know I was in the PDP. Those in the APC, the PDP, and the SDP were all in one platform before. We know ourselves and we know what is going wrong. We have to go beyond partisan politics now. We have to be bipartisan in solving the Nigerian problem because partisanship has brought Nigeria into a deeper problem but has not solved the problem. So, we have to change the model. Looking at the SDP where you are seated today, is the PDP more structured, and more sophisticated than the SDP today?”
“Yes, they have more governors but in terms of structure, in terms of organisation, is the PDP better than the SDP? Is the APC better than the SDP? So, we invested our experience, and our goodwill in the SDP. That’s why the whole attention of the country is on the SDP today. We eliminated all those things that caused crises in the APC and PDP. If you are coming to the SDP, and you want to contest, you just go to the bank and pay for your form. There’s no other way you will go bribe this, bribe that before you get your form. No, those things are out”.
“So, our party is in discussion with multiple prominent Nigerians. It cut across all political parties. Why are we a political party? We aim to win the election. 2023 is over. The President has won; he has been sworn in. Now, our target is also to win the presidency in 2027. It’s the target of every political party, not just the SDP, including the PDP; they (the PDP) want to get power again, they want to take over power again. Why shouldn’t we (the SDP) deploy our skills to take it? What’s wrong with that?”, he stated.
