Nigerians yet to forgive PDP of its 16 years misrule, says Adebayo
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has said Nigerians are yet to forgive the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for its misrule, saying that the problems the people have with the party is not just the rotation of President between the North and the South but 16 years of bad governance.
Speaking recently in an interview with the media, Adebayo stated that the luck that the PDP has is that as bad as its government was, APC has managed to equal them or even top them in mismanagement.
He added “So, it’s good that they’ve done this rotation thing, so as to make it easier for them to allow people to more substantive arguments as to how to run the government. But I don’t think Nigerians want to see PDP in power”.
“So, Nigerians want alternative politics. We are looking for a new direction. That’s what people are saying; new direction,” he stated.
Adebayo explained that President Bola Tinubu stands the chance to compete alongside candidates from other political parties if there are drastic changes in terms of macroeconomics, security, poverty and employment.
He stressed that Nigerians have better options outside the APC and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which he described as Siamese twins, adding that what Nigerians need is new direction.
“I think we need to understand that Nigerians have options if by 2027, something changes in Tinubu’s government, in terms of macroeconomics, in terms of security, in terms of poverty, in terms of employment, then he becomes competitive. But the way it is now, I think that for the good of the country, or even for the good of the President himself, he should just go home and thank God that he has been the President for four years,” he said.
On the argument that zoning PDP’s ticket to the South will make victory easier for Tinubu in 2027, he dismissed such thought, stressing that President Tinubu has already disqualified himself when he asked Nigerians to vote him out if after four years, he did not provide stable electricity.
