2027: Ex-Obidient coordinator leads SDP campaign mobilisation

Former Obidient Movement coordinator, Dr Yunusa Tanko, during his inaugural meeting of the Adebayo-Bugaje Presidential Campaign Council in Abuja....PHOTO CREDIT: Mark Adebayo

Former National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Dr Yunusa Tanko, has chaired the inaugural strategic meeting of the Social Democratic Party’s presidential campaign council, barely one week after joining the party.

Tanko, recently appointed National Coordinator of the Adebayo-Bugaje Presidential Campaign Council, presided over the closed-door meeting on Thursday at the SDP national headquarters in Abuja.

The meeting, which lasted more than three hours, brought together key operational heads and leaders of the campaign council to deliberate on strategies for mobilising support for the presidential ambition of the party’s candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo.

A statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the council’s Chief Media and Communications Adviser, Adebayo Mark, said discussions focused on coordinating the various directorates and developing a nationwide grassroots mobilisation framework.

He said, “The proposed strategy is expected to cover mobilisation across geopolitical zones, states, local government areas, wards and polling units, as well as door-to-door and street-to-street campaigns.”

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Although the council declined to disclose specific details of its strategy, it called on SDP members and other stakeholders to unite behind Adebayo’s ambition.

“I can’t disclose our strategic focus to the media at this point. However, Nigerians will soon witness the tough stuff our team is made of and the incredible leadership capabilities of Yunusa Tanko.

“He is vastly experienced and patriotically committed to working harder for a free and advancing Nigeria under an Adewole Adebayo presidency,” Mark stated.

The council also reaffirmed its commitment to an issue-based campaign, describing its mission as one centred on national renewal and transformational leadership.

The SDP also expressed its “readiness to run an issue-based, people-oriented campaign dedicated to national renewal and progress predicated on revolutionary transformational leadership of Prince Adewole Adebayo.”