APC, PDP, others parading fake membership figures — SDP chair

As political campaigns intensify ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said it will not be involved in renting crowds for campaign rallies. The SDP National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, said this yesterday in Abuja at a reception organised to celebrate the national honour awards conferred on two members […]

As political campaigns intensify ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has said it will not be involved in renting crowds for campaign rallies.

The SDP National Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Musa Gabam, said this yesterday in Abuja at a reception organised to celebrate the national honour awards conferred on two members of the party, Olorogun Keneth Gbagi and Prof Wale Suleiman, by President Muhammadu Buhari.

He said Nigerians should ignore the support base or membership figures being brandished by other political parties.

While Gbagi, who is the Delta State governorship candidate of the party, was awarded Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON), Suleiman, the party’s Kwara South senatorial candidate, was honoured with the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) award.

“Ignore those figures; they are fake. We have the support of Nigerian masses and voters,” Gabam said when asked on the number of supporters the party has compared to other parties,” he said.