He said that the SDP has the best manifesto of all the political parties in Nigeria and in the 2023 presidential election, the SDP Candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo is the best choice on the merit adding that the candidate has a clear grasp of the issues and has offered the most realistic and effective solutions to the problems of Nigeria today and urged Nigerians to rally behind him during the 2023 presidential election to make him President.
The elder statesman denied ever throwing his weight behind the candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi.
_“The report that I threw my weight behind calls for a South-East presidency or Peter Obi is not true and I'm also not aware that the well-known Yoruba Social cultural group, Afenifere has taken any position to back or support Mr. Peter Obi.” Chief Olu Falae clarified.
_“I did say sometimes ago that the Yoruba, as a people, are not morally obliged to vote for an Igbo presidential candidate or Peter Obi because in 1999, when the rest of Nigeria conceded the presidency to Yoruba because of the MKO Abiola’s issue, it was only the Igbo, who did not accept.”_
_“I had to defeat Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife in the Alliance for Democracy to become the candidate for the AD/APP Alliance. Chief Olusegun Obasanjo had to defeat Dr Alex Ekuweme in the PDP to become a candidate. The Igbo were the only ones that opposed both of us in our respective parties; they did not concede to us along with other Nigerians. However, the Yoruba are fair-minded people and some of them could vote for Peter Obi.”_
