{"id":166359,"date":"2025-06-10T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T08:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/im-not-tied-to-anybody-atikus-ex-spokesman-sowunmi"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:16:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T10:16:08","slug":"im-not-tied-to-anybody-atikus-ex-spokesman-sowunmi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/im-not-tied-to-anybody-atikus-ex-spokesman-sowunmi","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I\u2019m not tied to anybody\u2019 \u2013 Atiku\u2019s ex-spokesman, Sowunmi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, has said that he is not tied to anybody, stressing that he is not against President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that President Tinubu is smarter than his opponents, including Peter Obi of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>Sowunmi, former spokesman for the 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, who stated this on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today programme on Monday while reacting to his visit to President Tinubu, said his visit did not translate to a betrayal of his affiliation with Atiku.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am at liberty as an adult to take decisions. I am not tied to anybody. I am not anti-Tinubu. I own my mouth, I own my words, and I own my arguments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you know the difference between Bola and them? He doesn\u2019t have one approach to dealing with everybody. By miles, he (Tinubu) is smarter than them. He is smarter than Peter Obi, he is smarter than them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sowunmi was not the only former spokesman for Atiku who has met with Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in November 2024, Daniel Bwala, a vocal critic of the president, and former spokesman for Atiku, was appointed Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Policy Communication after meeting with the president.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Segun Sowunmi, has said that he is not tied to anybody, stressing that he is not against President Bola Tinubu. He also said that President Tinubu is smarter than his opponents, including Peter Obi of the Labour Party. 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