Former governorship candidate in Ogun State, Segun Sowunmi, has blasted his former principal, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for contesting to be president since 1992.
He recently revealed that Atiku has never shared inspirational ideas on how to properly govern the country.
Speaking on Channels Television’s “LunchTime Politics” on Tuesday, Segun alleged that the petty politics Atiku plays to actualise his presidential ambition go a long way towards destabilizing the country, and that needs to stop.
According to him, the former Vice President needs to realize that Nigeria’s presidency is not his birthright and Nigerians clearly need to run far away from the politicians like him who have been in Nigeria’s political scene since 1992.
He stated that if Nigeria must have a Northerner as president in 2027, the person should be a younger and sharper politician from the region.
“With your petty politics, you’re destabilising the country, you’re instigating the people, and you’re not even allowing the people that have the day-to-day work of running government the sense and the stability to run government. And we’ve not heard anything from you that is inspirational enough that we will be able to say wow you bring something.
What are you bringing? Haven’t we tried you before haven’t we tested you before, we don’t owe the presidency of Nigeria and if at all we are going to the north in 2027 you better go and find us a younger, sharper and a more agile northerner. We can then say we are done with the 1992 guys,” he said.
He further blasted the coalition opposition leaders, stressing that Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is the only politician energizing the group.
He concluded by saying that if Obi had not performed well in the last election, the coalition would not even exist today.
