In a shocking turn of events, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has
just adopted President Buhari as its consensus candidate for the
February 16 presidential election.
The party made the decision on Thursday during its national executive
council meeting in Abuja. SDP NEC, however, explained that the adoption
does not herald a merger with the APC.
Prior to the development, Donald Duke, former governor of Cross
River, was the flagbearer of the SDP. Duke was declared the presidential
candidate of the party in January following a ruling by the court of
appeal in Abuja which set aside the judgment of an Abuja high court
declaring Jerry Gana, former information minister, as the party’s
presidential flagbearer.
Donlad Duke left the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2018 to pursue
his presidential ambitions on the platform of the Social Democratic
Party (SDP). Moshood “MKO” Abiola won the 1993 presidential election on
the platform of the SDP. He was recently honoured with the first-ever
posthumous GCFR in Nigeria history in 2018.
This was done by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Allied Congress
Party of Nigeria (ACPN) had also in January, endorsed Buhari’s
re-election. The party made the move after Oby Ezekwesili, its
presidential candidate, withdrew from the race.
