A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, and member of the get together’s Board of Trustees, Bode George, has given causes he fell out with Nyesom Wike, whom he supported to spite Atiku Abubakar in the course of the build-up to the 2023 presidential election.
Talking on Come up TV on Friday, January 31 accused the then-national chairman of the get together, Iyorchia Ayu and Atiku, of fomenting the challenges bedeviling the PDP, saying they disrupted the get together’s zoning association.
The elder statesman attributed the unresolved disaster within the PDP to the end result of the get together’s nationwide conference in 2022, including that he quickly supported Wike and his group in the course of the build-up to the 2023 common election as a result of the get together’s high positions have been zoned to the northern area.
“The presidential candidate went to the northern zone, and the chairman of the get together additionally went to the identical zone; we stated no, it could actually’t occur like this.
“That was the premise of the get together’s disaster. I didn’t simply soar ship to be with Wike or Atiku; I had conferences with each of them and Ayu; they disrupted the system,” he stated.
George defined that earlier than taking sides with Wike, he tried to steer Atiku and Ayu to purpose with him, however they didn’t hear.
The Lagos-based politician stated he took sides with Wike as a result of he was disgusted with what Atiku and Ayu did on the conference.
He, nevertheless, famous that he dumped Wike’s group when he observed they wished to help Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
“And when Wike individuals got here, we had a gathering, and so they made me a pacesetter. In the long run, we had two presidential candidates from the South, and so they stated they believed that Bola was the higher particular person.
“I advised them that in the event that they stepped out of this assembly and talked about it outdoors there, I might counter you. You guys do not know who this gentleman (Tinubu) is. He had dominated my state (Lagos), and we all know his modus operandi,” George added.
