The previous Deputy Nationwide Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Get together (PDP), Chief Olabode George, warned on Friday that the 2027 elections could be disastrous for the previous ruling occasion except its leaders unite and wield the large stick on characters bent on flattening the construction.
He gave the warning at a information convention at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos.
George was reacting to the occasion’s lingering management disaster.
He stated: “We’ve discovered ourselves in our present state of affairs resulting from a self-inflicted disaster. We should always bury our ambition now and never enable the PDP to crumble.
“Elders of the occasion ought to inform these humorous characters to settle down.
“Until we’re united, with fairness, equity, and justice being the pedestal for any political determination taken, this occasion will probably be heading to catastrophe in 2027.”
George, a devoted life member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), stated he was compelled to sound the alarm in a matter requiring pressing consideration within the occasion.
He described the battle over the place of nationwide secretary as a nationwide embarrassment and disgrace.
“What occurred on Wednesday through the 79th assembly of this August physique in Abuja is despicable, horrific, inhuman, depraved, and exceptional.
“The people who orchestrated the usage of thugs to invade our occasion secretariat acted shamelessly and this motion have to be condemned by all of us who worth democracy.
“It’s disheartening that the PDP, the bastion of civility, humility, decorum, concord, and respect for the rule of regulation since 1998 when it was fashioned by elders, appears to be shedding these values,” the PDP chieftain added.
Based on him, the founding fathers of the occasion didn’t enable their private pursuits to overshadow the collective pursuits of the occasion.
He listed a number of the founding fathers as Chief Solomon Lar, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Chief Bola Ige, Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, Chief Sunday Awoniyi, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, and Chief Sunday Afolabi.
George lamented that the present leaders of the occasion had been now dancing on the graves of a few of these elders.
He stated that the present state of affairs arose from the actions of sure disloyal people inside the occasion who’re hell-bent on destroying it.
“I strongly imagine this must also be seen as a severe offence which shouldn’t be condoned. What occurred on Wednesday was horrendous, horrible, and dreadful.
“We’re all conscious that the Nationwide Secretariat of our occasion in Abuja is sacred. The premises have to be revered by all members and non-members.
“It’s sacrilegious that thugs had been employed to enter the premises to unleash mayhem, disrupting the 79th Board of Trustees (BoT) assembly.
“If that would occur, then what do you suppose those that sponsored the thugs will do throughout Nationwide Working Committee (NWC) and Nationwide Government Committee (NEC) conferences?
“I’ve persistently said that these with a belligerent perspective if they don’t seem to be able to repent, ought to be proven the way in which out.
“As the most important occasion in Africa, PDP shouldn’t be become an ‘Agbero’ occasion by any member with an inordinate ambition. We’ve guidelines and laws that govern our occasion,” George concluded.
