The former spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar, has revealed plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress, expressing dissatisfaction with the People’s Democratic Party’s resistance to reform.
Sowunmi urged his colleague and fellow ex-Atiku campaign spokesman, Daniel Bwala, who recently declared support for President Bola Tinubu, to reserve a space for him in the APC.
In a Twitter space discussion on the topic ‘PDP leadership and role of opposition in democracy,’ Sowunmi articulated his reasons, saying, “Am I going to criticise President Bola Tinubu more than the one I have been criticising him? Am I going to fight him more than the one I have been fighting him? I have known this man since 1993 by name and by voice. And yet, on behalf of this party and for the benefit of this party, I am closing my eyes to everything.”
Sowunmi highlighted past instances where prominent figures left the PDP and questioned the party’s resistance to reform, stating, “The person that was president in 1999, is he still a member of their party today? The one that said he didn’t have shoes – Jonathan – that we gave him presidency two times. Because of Jonathan, we became a party that everybody was abusing. He is not still standing with the party today.”
Expressing his commitment, Sowunmi declared, “I am still here standing and shouting. If they don’t want us to reform the party, please o, Bwala o Bwala, Bwala, Bwala, keep space for me, I am coming.”
