Segun Sowunmi: There’s a strong possibility I’d leave PDP

Segun Sowunmi, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he could switch allegiance ahead of the 2027 general election.

On Sunday evening, Sowunmi paid President Bola Tinubu a visit at his Lagos home, sparking rumours of his defection to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Sowunmi, who was once spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign, said there is a “very strong possibility” he could leave the PDP if the crisis rocking the party persists.

He spoke on ‘Prime Time’, a programme on Arise TV.

Asked whether he would support Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027, Sowunmi said he would not hesitate to join the APC if convinced it is the right call.

“If I am going to support Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for president in 2027, by God and everything that is in me, I’ll leave and join his party,” he said.

“If I’m not there, I’m not there. If I’m here, I’m here. I’ve been in PDP for 28 years. Most of them don’t even have that record of 28 days.

“And if I’m going to leave to support the president, I’ll damn say I’m going. Right. But that is a possibility. That’s in the future.”

Sowunmi said his consistent calls for reforms within the PDP have been ignored.

“Why would anybody who has a sense in his head say that he’s going to stay in a party where you’re even telling them to repair the party?” he asked.

“I’ve done that. I’ve screamed and shouted that we need to reform this party.”

Asked again if he could leave the PDP, he said several factors point in that direction.

“There is a very strong possibility that looking at what’s going on in my environment, looking at my state where I come from, looking at my tribe and their own desires and my people, there’s a very, very strong possibility that I will more than likely leave,” he said.

Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Monday concerning his visit to the president, Sowunmi said he asked Tinubu tough questions on the state of the nation.

“It is not a bad time to have a conversation with the president. I decided to engage him since people talk about his frailty. So, I jumped on that investigation,” he said.