Two pressure groups within the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the SDP Arewa Youth Mobilisation Movement and the Alliance for Transformation Mandates (ATM) have dissociated themselves from recent public statements by the former presidential candidate of the party, Prince Adewole Adebayo.
The group led by Ambassador Enobong Inyang demanded public apology from him within 7 days or he risked being suspended from the party.
Prince Adebayo had in an interview with newsmen in Abuja stated that the party would not be a vehicle for vendetta against the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.
The Director General of the Arewa Youth Movement, Ibrahim Ismail Lawal, in a statement, endorsed the ongoing coalition efforts which it said were aimed at bringing together like-minded Nigerians across all regions, religions, and classes to forge a common front for national progress.
The group therefore gave Adewole seven days to make a public apology or it will take steps towards suspending him from the party.
However, in a dramatic reaction, a statement signed by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Rufus Aiyenigba, said “Alliance for Transformation Mandates was not known to SDP” and advised that the group should be ignored.
The party also added that it is not in any form of conflict with its former presidential candidate.