Prince Adewole Adebayo, the 2023 Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, has told former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kaduna State governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai, and other opposition leaders that they cannot borrow the political party to fight President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections.
On Monday night, at his wife Queen Lillian Adebayo’s 50th birthday party in Abuja, Adebayo reminded them that the SDP is not a getaway car for a plot or heist.
He insisted, however, that he will still run for president in 2027.
According to reports, Atiku, who was PDP’s presidential candidate in 2023 and El-Rufai, who recently decamped to the SDP from the APC are reportedly spearheading the coalition.
Atiku had announced the birth of an opposition alliance and said the coalition is aimed at removing Tinubu in 2027.
“Of course, my party knows that I’m running for the 2027 election. As for the coalition, we are listening to them. We don’t want to be a getaway car for a conspiracy and robbery we did not plan. That’s not available,” Adebayo said.
“If the coalition is for the Nigerian people, the SDP is available. But if it is just a crime centre for disappointed Tinubu followers, they should go back to him and resolve their differences there. Don’t come to SDP to borrow us for a fight we are not involved in,” he added.
