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Tinubu urged to plan succession amid political tensions

Former Ogun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Segun Sowunmi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to begin planning for succession, highlighting the need to ensure leadership continuity in Nigeria.

Speaking during an interview on Arise News on Tuesday evening, Sowunmi revealed that he met with President Tinubu at his Lagos residence on Monday.

According to him, the discussion was strictly about the future of governance and did not involve any offers of appointment.

“I did not discuss the possibility of any appointment with President Tinubu; he did not offer me any appointment.

“That’s not the kind of conversation I should be having with the President. The type of conversation between me and the President, both before he became president and now that he is president, has always been focused on governance,” Sowunmi clarified.

Detailing the exchange, Sowunmi said he urged Tinubu to consider the importance of succession planning.

“For instance, I said to him: ‘If I conceive this thing you’re doing is hard work—and I know it’s hard work—are you not going to start planning succession? Won’t you plan succession? Won’t this country think on how to move to younger people?”

Sowunmi also addressed criticisms surrounding his visit, insisting that his loyalty to the PDP remains firm and that his actions were not driven by opportunism.

“My political course is not just opposition. I’ve been down loyal to the PDP. Nobody should have any idea that I’ve been part of any other people doing opposition for opposition’s sake; I’m not part of such,” he declared.

He also dismissed the backlash from some quarters over his visit to Tinubu, saying: “I wonder where we took an oath that I have to take permission from them before leaving the party. I greeted the President, took a picture, and they’re going gaga. I’m not going to fall for that cheap madness.”

Sowunmi’s comments highlight the tension between loyalty to party lines and the need for open dialogue with the country’s leadership, as Nigeria navigates issues of generational change and democratic continuity.

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