To defeat Tinubu, the SDP must do the following:
1. Focus on the North and North Central: For now, the SDP should concentrate its efforts on the North and North Central regions. Pay less attention to Southern Nigeria until the first quarter of 2026.
2. Avoid Rushing to Reveal a Presidential Candidate: The SDP must not be in a hurry to hint at who their presidential candidate will be.
3. Choose a Non-Northern but Popular Candidate: The party must ensure the presidential candidate is not from the North but is widely popular in the region.
4. The candidate MAY not be Atiku or Obi. However, they must ensure that both Atiku and Peter Obi align with the SDP’s agenda by working together to weaken both the PDP and LP.
5. Keep Atiku and Peter Obi in Their Parties: Like Wike, Atiku must remain in the PDP to destabilise the party, just as Wike did. Peter Obi should also stay in the LP with the sole purpose of undermining both parties.
The first goal is to ensure that the candidates who emerge from these parties are irrelevant individuals who can barely secure 100k votes. Remaining in these parties is the only way to disrupt BAT’s calculations. The second goal is to pull along the members at the 11th hour.
6. Woo South West PDP Governors: Focus on winning over existing South West PDP governors: Adeleke and Makinde.
7. Engage Disgruntled Ex-APC/PDP Stakeholders: Attract former APC and PDP stakeholders like Buhari, Saraki, Yahaya Bello, and Aregbesola. While they may not be highly influential, they can play a key role in countering the APC’s rigging machinery.
8. Yahaya Bello’s Influence in Kogi Central and SDP influence in Kogi East As Examples : With Yahaya Bello on your side, Tinubu should forget about securing votes in Kogi State. The level of rigging in Kogi is unprecedented. They will simply replicate their APC experience. To make matters worse, the key candidate who contested against Ododo of the APC and his boss did so under the SDP. Rumour has it that SDP actually won Kogi. Y’all saw what happened to Dino and his PDP, yeah?
9. Ensure an Appropriate SDP Chairman is elected before 2027: The SDP chairman should not be a Yoruba man from Lagos, nor someone as poor as Lamidi Apapa.
10. Other Strategic Permutations:
– SDP Chairman: A Northern man with political relevance in Kano.
– SDP Presidential Candidate: From the South West, South East, or South South (Must be a Christian).
– SDP Vice Presidential Candidate: From the North (preferably a Muslim).
Follow these steps, and watch the APC fade back into obscurity.
