The Supreme Court’s decision fining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ₦2 million has reinforced the autonomy of political parties and issued a sharp rebuke to the electoral umpire over interference in internal party affairs, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said. Lead counsel to the SDP and its 2023 presidential candidate, Dr Adewole Adebayo,…
Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Adebayo Adewole, has described President Bola Tinubu as a “well-known tax collector.” Adebayo made the comment on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme. His words: “Everybody knows that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a well-known tax collector. “But that tax…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) has rejected the disqualification of its candidates by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the forthcoming bye-elections in some constituencies across 12 states. In a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja, Araba Rufus Ayenigba, national publicity secretary of the party, described INEC’s action as “illegal and unconstitutional.” The…
Onanuga The presidency has reacted to the expulsion of former Kaduna governor Nasir Ahmad El‑Rufai by a faction of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for 30 years following disputes over his claimed party membership. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, wrote: “Internally Displaced Again!”…
The Social Democratic Party, SDP, has disowned former Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, declaring that he is neither a member of the party nor authorised to speak for it or represent it. SDP Zonal Secretary, North-West Zone, Inuwa Idris, made the declaration at a press briefing in Kaduna on Friday. “It has come to…
Kaduna State High Court, Zaria Judicial Division, sitting in Zaria, has issued a sweeping restraining order halting the activities of a controversial caretaker committee foisted on the Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The caretaker committee was given birth to after the defection to the party by the former Kaduna State governor…
Leader of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has warned President Bola Tinubu that rather than worry about a political coalition that could defeat him in 2027, he should be more concerned about the people’s anger against his government. He stated that the president is politically savvy…
Adebayo Adewole Adebayo, the 2023 presidential candidate for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said that the party leadership would not sit back and allow Nasir El-Rufai and other new decampees to hijack the party. Adebayo said that El-Rufai and other members of the opposition parties who joined the SDP might have defected to use…
As preparations for the 2027 presidential election intensify, reports indicate that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s camp is urgently working to prevent key members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), particularly from the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) bloc, from defecting to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). A leaked memo has revealed that President Tinubu is…
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has debunked rumours suggesting he is planning to defect to the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Obi’s response was conveyed on Monday through the Interim National Coordinator of the Obedient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, during an interview on Channels TV’s The Morning Brief. Tanko clarified…
