Segun Sowunmi, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he can work with President Bola Tinubu.

On Sunday evening, Sowunmi, a former spokesperson for Atiku Abubakar, ex-Vice President and former presidential candidate of the PDP, visited Tinubu at his Lagos home.

Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ about his visit to the president, Sowunmi said he asked Tinubu tough questions on the state of the nation.

“It is not a bad time to have a conversation with the president. I decided to engage him since people talk about his frailty. So, I jumped on that investigation,” he said.

“I have always said he’s smarter than his mates.

“His brain is very alert, he is fit. You know when you are asking someone questions and he answers without looking at the book.

“The privilege to engage with the number one citizen in office, even when I’m not in his party and I critique him, makes him superior to the others.

“I’ve been in this party forever. The only time we go to them is after they’ve lost and we need to shore them up. Do you know the difference between Bola and them? He doesn’t have one approach to dealing with everybody.”

He also defended Tinubu’s economic policies and expressed discomfort with the opposition’s tendency to demonise all government initiatives “without understanding the complexities involved in designing forward-thinking policies”.

“I just believe that there comes a time in the life of a nation where you must try to be sure whether the direction a leader is going is the right direction or at least whether it is the intended direction and I guarantee you, he is smart — above average,” Sowunmi added.

“There has never been a doubt that I can work with him. If I’m going to work with the president, I am going to leave the PDP.”