Adewole Adebayo, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, has protested his exclusion from a debate organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development, a pro-democracy think tank (CDD).
WITHIN NIGERA reports that the debate was organized by the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in collaboration with Arise TV and featured presidential candidates from the Labour Party, Peter Obi; the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso; the Redemption Peoples Party (PRP), Kola Abiola; and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, who is represented by his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
Although the event would be held in a series, Adebayo accused the organizers of conspiring to “rig the 2023 election” by selecting a few candidates for the event.
Speaking via his verified Twitter page on Sunday, the SDP candidate described the town hall as “a rude joke by failed politicians and their bankrupt media lapdogs to rig the 2023 election with a cover-up!”
He queried;
How can there be a ballot revolution or people decide if all they have to choose are the Liar, Joker, the Dodger, and the Corrupt? This quartet stands for the 4 sides of the status quo that Nigeria needs to get away from if we want our country not to continue as a crime scene.
We need Nigerians to hear from every willing presidential candidate, not a few selected by those accomplices who feed on the carcass and leftovers of proceeds of crimes via fake polls of dubious intent and opaque methodologies.
How can there be a ballot revolution or people decide if all they have to choose are the Liar, Joker, the Dodger, and the Corrupt? This quartet stands for the 4 sides of the status quo that Nigeria needs to get away from if we want our country not to continue to be a crime scene.
— Adewole Adebayo ESQ (@Pres_Adebayo) November 6, 2022