Looming Polls: Between Adebayo and Famous Four. By Adedutan Lawal
Looming Polls: Between Adebayo and the Famous Four January 15, 2023 By Adedutan Lawal In about 41 days from today, Nigerians will file out to cast their votes for who, in the next four years, becomes their next President. At the last count, the number of political parties contesting the election is in the region of 18. But within this number (going by geographical spread, governorship seats, membership in both National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly occupied), there are only few of them who are front runners. In fact, less than 3% of this number may eventually make it to top 5: All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, take the front row. Coming behind them are Labour Party, LP, Social Democratic Party, SDP, and New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, in that order. Within this Famous Five, only the candidate of the SDP, Prince Adewole Adebayo, has not occupied public office before. And he is the youngest. He clocked 51 penultimate Sunday. At a time everyo...