Ogun PDP Leader Backs Tinubu for 2027 Election, Calls for Support

Ogun State PDP leader and head of The Alternative Movement, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has shown his support for President Bola Tinubu's re-election in the 2027 presidential election.

Showunmi stated that Nigeria needs policy continuity and enough time for the government to carry out its economic plans. He believes that constant changes in leadership can hinder long-term progress.

He spoke on Saturday in the Itoko area of Abeokuta. He addressed his supporters and asked them to start grassroots mobilization for Tinubu ahead of the 2027 election.

Showunmi explained, “I believe that for us to be able to make this country a great nation, and for us to journey together, we must respect the principle of the pendulum.

“If it is the time of another protectorate, they should bring us a candidate we’ll take. If it is the time of the Southern protectorate, they should give us a candidate we’ll take.

“Now, we believe that we cannot be changing leadership every four years. Democracy is very difficult, and the ability to be able to even run policy requires a bit of time.”

He urged his supporters to start mobilizing from the polling-unit level. He plans to expand the structure to all six local government areas of Ogun Central.

“I’ve told them to enter the polling unit and start the polling-unit work. And maybe next week or whenever they come, I’m coming to build the local government one. Thereafter, I’m going to go to each of the six local governments in Ogun Central,” he said.

Showunmi also mentioned that he will take his political structure to Ijebu and register it with the PDP structure led by Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, who is the party’s governorship candidate. He is asking for support for Tinubu.

“Certainly, without a doubt, I will enter Ijebu and bring my very massive and humongous structure that PDP, especially under the leadership and inspiration of Chief Oladipupo Adebutu, the son of Baba Ijebu, we’ll go and register that structure and tell them that it has to be Bola Tinubu and nothing else,” he said.

Showunmi dismissed the chances of other presidential contenders from the South-West in 2027. He believes the presidency should stay with Tinubu for this political cycle.

He said, “Anybody, especially from the Yoruba nation, who is calling himself anything when the sun is out is wasting his time.

“This election is Bola Tinubu’s election to win.”

Showunmi urged Yoruba voters to support Tinubu. He warned that the region could lose political power if other areas get more votes for the President.

“I have come home to beg my people, Yoruba people, that you will not be ashamed. Because when the election is over, and the people of North-East, and the people of North-West, and the people of North-Central produce more votes than you, then where will you put your face?” he asked.

He recalled the 1999 and 2003 elections, noting how former President Olusegun Obasanjo's political situation changed significantly between those elections.

“Therefore, it is time to work now. We are back to 2003. You did not give Obasanjo significant numbers in 1999, but by 2003, everything belonged to him,” Showunmi said.

He called himself a grassroots politician. He emphasized that political mobilization should not just happen on social media or TV.

“We are not social media politicians. We are not television politicians. I am a grassroots politician through and through,” he said.

Showunmi defended the Tinubu administration’s economic policies. He believes these policies should be given time to show results.

He said, “We cannot run a nation on an agenda that the country will not have money. If you don’t have money, what will you even be able to do?

“Now you have gotten to the point where there’s money in the local government, there’s money in the state, there’s money in the federal.”

He also criticized calls for bringing back fuel subsidy. He pointed out that Nigeria has tried subsidy policies for decades without success.

“We have tried subsidies in this country; we started studying it from 1973, and between 1973 and date, we have seen the results. If it had worked, wouldn’t we have seen it?” he queried.