 He joined the National Republican Party (NRC) in 1989, and later became a member of the All Nigeria Peoples Party.He became National Vice Chairman and later acting National Chairman before leaving that party for the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in 2000.In 2004, he predicted a reorganization of Nigerian politics in which the ANPP, PDP, and Alliance for Democracy (AD) would break apart and the remnants would regroup as two parties.