As the calendar for the 2027 Nigeria’s presidential election is about two years away, political permutations and combinations seem to be fast reaching its peak as political actors have started shopping for special purpose vehicles among the 19 registered political parties in the country to realise their dream to occupy the Aso Rock.

Fresh political alignments have been activated in many circles with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) recording seven presidential aspirants already, according to the embattled National Secretary of the, Olu Agunloye.

“We have eight presidential aspirants; it could be 10. Seven of them are on our platform,” Agunloye said on a popular live television program.

The SDP chieftain said, “Peter Obi’s people came to us to say if Obi comes, would you take him? Of course, we told them: ‘Yes’. I was in that meeting. Some of them are with us saying that they are preparing the ground but you have to join SDP. You cannot be in the Labour Party and be telling us Obi is coming without joining us otherwise we can’t open our doors for you.

“But Obi may have no plan to come or he may want to come. People do all of this but where we stand is that we must do well in our platform.”

Agunloye further said the party’s “gates are open. So, if all of them wants to come, we will take them”.