ABUJA – The audacious step of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to elect a former Senator representing Anambra Central, Ebenezer Ikeyina on Tuesday may have eliminated the possibility of Senator Ahmed Tinubu using it as a viable alternative to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Daily Independent can report.

Sources in the camp of the APC chieftain had hinted on the possibility of former Lagos state governor flying the flag of the opposition party, in the event that he fails to get the ticket of his current party.

However, the Tuesday event apparently necessitated by the need to meet deadlines in INEC guidelines, and the fact that the ruling party has been dilly-dallying about its presidential primaries have invariably foreclosed the availability of alternative platforms such as the SDP.

While addressing all the Delegates from the 36 States of the Federation and FCT in Abuja during the SDP National Convention, the Acting SDP National Chairman, Chief Supo Shonibare expressed optimism that the party’s candidates seeking various elective positions at Federal and State will be victorious at all levels during the 2023 general elections.

According to the Chairman of the National Convention Organising Committee, Chief Mike Odunrinde who presided over the election, out of the 311 Delegates accredited, 308 voted in favour of Senator Ikeniya, two voted against while only one vote was voided.

Chief Shonibare disclosed that after the National Convention and the final determination of the Court case, the party will have an extraordinary convention which is expected to involve members of the factional group, adding that the SDP leadership is “particularly mindful of the fate of our candidates.”

According to him, some of the Aspirants who emerged as Candidates at all levels who are not aware of the ongoing internal crisis will be protected from all forms of jeopardy that may happen in the nearest future.

He assured that the party being led by himself in an acting capacity until the next convention is “very confident will be victorious. It may not be as quickly as we wanted but I’m assuring you that we will be victorious.”

Mickykarim:
When did Tinubu express any likelihood of joining the SDP, except in the wandering wide imagination of your ilk?

PrinceOfLagos:
Tinubu been reduced to a feather weight politician