2023: 2022 Electoral Act will make rigging impossible — Elder statesmen
…As SDP Presidential Candidate, Adebayo plans ending poverty, insecurity in four years if elected
Ogaga Ariemu
Elder statesmen, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation and ex- national chairman of Social Democratic Party(SDP), Chief Olu Falae and Alhaji Tanko Yakasai disclosed that the Electoral Act 2022 would make rigging impossible.
Falae, Yakasai made this known to journalists during the opening ceremony of SDP’s new Secretariat in Abuja recently.
“We have a good Presidential candidate in the person of Adewole Adebayo who did not only show the knowledge of the law but history, anthropology, architecture and other fields.
“The party may not have a governor today, may not be in Aso rock, but the SDP is getting there
“Nigeria today is in crisis. You can’t move without being kidnapped. I have been kidnapped for four days on my own farm.
“I travelled to Lagos on foot as a young man without being kidnapped. But at 77, I was kidnapped.
“Controlling government is not a controlling party. Ask the parties, what is their philosophy, they don’t know it, they don’t have a plan, that’s why things are getting worse.
“SDP is the only party that can restructure and revive Nigeria. More people will leave the country if things are not put right. More doctors are leaving.”
On his part, the Elder statesman, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai urged SDP to leverage on grassroots mobilisation, adding that with the new electoral act 2022, no one will be able to rig the election.
Yakasai who was represented by the SDP gubernatorial candidate in Adamawa State, Dr Umar Ardo, said the electoral act would make rigging impossible.
“2022 electoral act is an opportunity for the SDP to make a mark as room for rigging and vote allocation have been tackled.
“What is put in the ballot box is what will be out and announced to the public. Don’t worry about not having governors. Go and talk to the grassroots because they are tired of APC and PDP, they are after alternatives,” Yakasai said.
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo said what SDP is bringing to Nogerians will end poverty and insecurity in four years.
“Because poverty is ungodly and unnatural. If we don’t fight poverty, it will produce children which is
“We are back, 30 years later, to open this office for truth, justice and farewell to poverty.
“If you want to know if I will be a better president, I’ve chosen SDP as a platform and not as a money bag for political parties. I chose a youth banker, Yusuf Salisu Buhari as my running mate.
“SDP has the young person as the national chairman and I am telling Nigerians that the opportunity you have been looking for is here.
“We will go to all the 774 LGAs and wards and deliver victory to Nigerians where Nigerians will have sound medical care, security and education,” Adewole added.
The national chairman of the party, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam while delivering his goodwill message urged Nigeria youths to embrace SDP as the most viable alternative political party in Nigeria.
