Leadership is not guaranteed by joining SDP – Adewole Adebayo

The Social Democratic Party, SDP, presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Adewole Adebayo, says joining the party does not guarantee leadership.

This was as he said that a political party is a public institution like a church or a mosque where people are free to come.

This comes a few days after the immediate past governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, joined the SDP after resigning from the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Adebayo on Thursday said while people were free to worship in a mosque or church, their attendance does not elevate them to the position of authority.

“We cannot criticise people’s motives for coming. A political party is a public institution, like a church or a mosque.

“When somebody’s presence is marked in a mosque and wants to pray, you cannot say, where were you last night? Where have you been during your life? Let them pray.