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  SDP presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo on Thursday 29th September, signed the first National Peace Accords, committing himself to a peaceful campaign for the 2023 general elections. The accord was organized by the National Peace Committee.   According to the NPC, this is the first signing of the peace accord, while the second signing will take place in January 2023 just before the general elections.  The signing took place at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The other presidential candidates who signed the accord were Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party), Peter Obi (Labor party), Omoyele Sowore (African Action Congress), Rabiu Kwankwaso (New Nigeria Peoples Party), Kashim Shettima who represented Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress, Christopher Irene Imumolen (Accord Party), Hamza Al-Mustapha (Action Alliance). The first accord signing intends to commit political parties, candidates and their spokespersons to conduct their campaigns in a peac

 I have said repeatedly that the Social Democratic Party, SDP has the best manifesto of all the political parties in Nigeria. And in the 2023 presidential election, the SDP Candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo is the best choice on the merit. He has a clear grasp of the issues and has offered the most realistic and effective solutions to the problems of Nigeria today. I urge Nigerians to rally behind the SDP and its presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo _“The report that I threw my weight behind calls for a South-East presidency or Peter Obi is not true”,_ Chief Olu Falae has clarified. Chief Falae who is the Deputy National Leader of Afenifere also said that he was not aware that the well-known Yoruba Social cultural group, Afenifere has taken any position to back or support Mr. Peter Obi. _“I did say sometimes ago that the Yoruba, as a people, are not morally obliged to vote for an Igbo presidential candidate or Peter Obi because in 1999, when the rest of Nigeria conceded the p

  The Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, stated on Friday that neither he nor his party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), will run for any political party in the 2023 general elections. Speaking with men of the pen in Ibadan at the conclusion of the party's two-day stakeholders summit themed, "South West summit for critical stakeholders with the theme "Common interest and strategic approach for 2023," Prince Adebayo stated that the SDP has no plans to merge with any of the country's political parties. Also Read: SDP Presidential Candidate Calls for Conscious Efforts Towards Maintaining Peace During and after Elections Nigerians, according to Prince Adebayo, are tired of both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) alleged misrule, which prompted the SDP to enter the fray.  The SDP Presidential candidate maintained that his party is "in the race to lift Nigerians out of pov

The veteran public Speaker, erudite scholar and noted Yoruba leader, Ambassador Yemi Faronbi has endorsed the SDP Presidential Candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, saying he is the best of them all. Dr Faronbi who was the Chairman at the closing event of the South West Summit for Critical Stakeholders of SDP at Premier Hotel made this remark. He affirms there is no interview or speech by Prince Adewole Adebayo that he has not listened to and he believes he excels other candidates in how he provides solutions to the problems bedeviling the country. According to Ambassador Faronbi; “Prince Adewole Adebayo is young, vibrant, intelligent and inspirational. I have weighed his options to the Nigeria problems that they are reasonable and practicable because it’s not enough to claim to know the solution but they must be workable?” Dr Faronbi said. The Nigeria of our dreams is possible but we must look beyond experience to inspirational leaders who are unblemished, love the people sincerely and a

  The SDP Presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo has called for a conscious effort towards maintaining peace after elections in the country, not just during elections. He explained that what must be done differently this time is to know the journey of peace which involves saying the truth at all times even when it is not favourable. Prince Adebayo made this call on Tuesday when he attended the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Foundation 2022 Peace Conference at the NAF Conference centre, Abuja, with the theme: Nation Building; The Role of Election in a Multi-Ethnic Context Background. He says, “The reason why we are celebrating President Jonathan for many other reasons is that, in the search for peace, he made sacrifice. If we take that peace which he donated but if we refuse to do justice, the next person may not do it. What we need to do therefore is to do justice. This election will come and go in the same ritual of fear and war and rumors of war.” “I think we must go as a nation bey

The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Hon. Yakubu Ajaka has commiserated with the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani over the death of her beloved mother, Hajiya Zainab Sidi Ali. The late Hajiya Zainab died on Tuesday evening after a brief illness. The APC stalwart noted that although death was the ultimate end for all mankind, the loss of a mother is such a painful experience that could leave any individual heart broken. He further encouraged the  minister to take solace in the fact that her mother lived a fulfilled life.  "She left behind well raised offspring whom she nurtured in her lifetime," he added.  Hon. Ajaka similarly opined that she should take her mother's demise with a heart of gratitude and full submission to the will of God Almighty noting that Hajiya Zainab would continue to be remembered as a loving, compassionate and devout woman. While extending his commiseration to the entire family o

 The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo has urged the Christian body to use participation in politics to raise men who will represent the church in governance, by doing things the right way. Adebayo made this known on Tuesday, 13th September 2022 at St. Matthias House Abuja, while giving his speech as a guest speaker at the opening ceremony of The Church of Nigeria Standing Committee, in view of the preparation of the next general election in 2023. He noted that if the church is well represented in institutions in the country, the value of the church will be reflected and things will be done rightly. “Anywhere, we find representatives of the Church, whether they're serving on INEC, the value of the Church should be reflected. At the end of the day, when the devil is tempting them with twenty thousand Naira, ten thousand Naira, they are already trained to wrestle with the devil. The value of the Church will be reflected and if the value of t

  Prince Adewole Adebayo, the Presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has met with the a delegation of foremost Niger Delta group, the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) in Abuja. PANDEF leadership  led by its National Publicity Secretary, Ken Robinson, met with Prince Adebayo during the group’s courtesy to him on Tuesday. The visit was part of PANDEF’s consultative and conversation meeting with all the presidential candidates for the 2033 General Elections in Nigeria. Prince Adebayo told his visitors that the entire purpose of his life is to have a united, indivisible and prosperous Nigeria. The SDP Presidential Candidate further stated that “as I have explained to the leaders of PANDEF, the unity of Nigeria is Number one, and the entire purpose of my public life is to have a united Nigeria, there’s no room of casting a doubt or a question mark, Nigeria is our heritage and we will make it a prosperous one”. He maintained that the Niger Delta remain a valuable componen