Segun Sowunmi, a leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been asked by the Ogun State Labour Party (LP) to run for governor on its platform in 2027.
When the state chairman, Oluwabukola Soyoye, and other members of the Labour Party visited Sowunmi at his home in Ibara GRA, Abeokuta, on Friday, they reportedly made the demand.
The state needs a new era of government, and Sowunmi fits with the party’s ideology and vision, Soyoye said, urging the former spokesperson to former vice president Atiku Abubakar to join the Labour Party and fly its flag in the 2027 governorship contest.
“We want you to join the Labour Party and run for governor in the upcoming election,” she continued.
In response, Sowunmi hailed previous presidential candidate Peter Obi for igniting the party’s rising popularity and praised the Labour Party’s ideological consistency.
He pointed out that the Labour Party’s result in the most recent presidential election showed its expanding power and natural approach to politics, since it received more than six million votes as opposed to the ruling party’s eight million.
Citing Ogun State’s enormous growth potential and the necessity of addressing important issues, Showunmi stated his willingness to contribute to the state’s development.
“The governorship eligibility for 2027, with all due respect, I have looked at the horizon, from the toughest to the least, and I can’t find anybody among them who is more eminently qualified, more prepared, and more intentional of policy of governance than me,” he declared.
“All I have done is wish, labor, pray, and suffer for this Nigerian nation to be a great nation that we can pass on to the next generation.” I haven’t spared myself or the meager resources at my disposal in order to keep pushing.
Although he noted that the current governor has made noticeable progress in road construction when compared to prior administrations, he also acknowledged the difficulties Ogun State faces, particularly inadequate road infrastructure.
He emphasizes that Ogun State needs leadership with a deeper awareness of its economic and developmental possibilities and claims that the current administration’s failure to fully utilize the state’s various growth poles is its worst flaw.
“I acknowledge that the current governor’s style of governance has serious, difficult problems. One of them is that Ogun State, our beloved state, is now a huge source of humiliation since it serves as a signpost for poor roads everywhere, to the point where visitors to our state simply erupt into angry language. However, that doesn’t imply he hasn’t driven some roads. To be honest with you, he has driven more kilometers than the others.
“He did not fully commit himself to a deep understanding that Ogun State has growth poles everywhere,” he stated in response to the challenges.
