The former spokesman for Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation, Segun Showunmi has declared his desire to contest for the Ogun State Governorship seat in 2023 under the platform of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), boasting that he is ripe for the position
Showunmi made the declaration on Wednesday in the Panseke area of Abeokuta South of the state.
In his speech, he blamed the inability of the PDP to win the governorship seat in the past elections in the infighting in the party and urged all members of the party to jettison their personal interests and work for the progress of the party.
He said, “All our (PDP) efforts have not produced any result for some time and the main reason is the unnecessary infighting.
“All you have said concerning Segun Sowunmi to come and run for Governor, I have heard and I heard clearly. I will definitely, most definitely, and extremely definitely run for the Governorship of Ogun State in 202
“I have spent the last 20 years or more in this political dispensation serving them, speaking for them, improving them, running for them and I have now realised that I’m the leader I have been searching for and I tell you again with every sense of responsibility that you have never seen governance at the level I intend to do it.
“The business of governance of cutting tape because of road is not what we are talking about here. Obafemi Awolowo’s vision for Yoruba nation has now come to be improved, rewritten, and expanded.”
Also speaking at the declaration ground, the Chairman of Inter-party Advisory Council(IPAC), posited that, that if the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) must make any appreciable impact in Ogun State, Sowunmi must be adopted as the Governorship candidate of the party.
The chairman described Sowunmi , a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP)as a selfless politician with the capacity to deliver Ogun State from the misrule of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
‘As the umbrella body of the opposition parties in Ogun State, we are here to show our support for our brother, Segun Sowunmi. Sowunmi is a politician with an enviable track record. We believe that he has the capacity to deliver Ogun State from backwardness the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has put the State in. We believe that with Sowunmi in the helms of affairs, Ogun State will witness tremendous progress, therefore, we urge all of you here to support him,” Ogunsanya said.