A prominent member and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Bode George, has suggested that he would remain in the party even
if the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, refuses to resign.
George disclosed this while fielding questions on Arise TV’s
Morning Show on Friday.
According to him, he remains an irredentist member of the
PDP, adding that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander.
PDP has been witnessing a crisis since the emergence of
Atiku Abubakar as its 2023 presidential candidate.
The party erupted into crisis when Atiku chose Governor
Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as his running mate for the 2023 election.
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has been aggrieved with
PDP’s leadership over Atiku’s choice of a running mate.
Atiku ignored Wike, who came second during the PDP’s
presidential primaries a few months ago, a situation tearing the party apart.
Following his action, Wike called for the resignation of
Ayu.
Wike noted that the North could not produce PDP’s
presidential candidate and the National Chairman.
Asked what he would do if Ayu refused to resign, Bode said,
“People amazed me, what is personal about this when we met in Abuja on the
re-visitation of the zoning committee, there was no Wike at that time because
Wike saw sense in what we are saying they are now dividing the line this is not
a good management style, it doesn’t help anybody.
“I am an irredentist member of this party, but what is good
for the goose is also good for the gander. I have only one vote. I am saying
this because someday, even if we win the election, we will remember that yes
there was that voice and it is not a lonely voice. This is not a party issue
now. We are talking about how to convince members of the electorate that they
are more in number. We want to prove to them that we are responsible, we are
respectable, we will be just and fair in the management in this massive country
called Nigeria, and that is all.
“If we win, fine, at my age, what am I looking for? You are
making it look as if it is a survival instinct, 78, what is it that I want? If
I can’t tell the truth now, then when will I say it?
“I don’t know how people suddenly came up, it is because you
are supporting Wike. Wike has the same point, he has not told the party that he
is going to leave because they manipulated him out in the election. That is
gone, we are looking forward. What do we tell Nigerians that if you are still
manipulating the mindsets of the people is creating a lot of injury for our
party, and those who have just come into the party they may not have any idea
what the custom is, what the norm is?
“I remember at the NEC meeting a report of the zoning
committee, the re-visitation committee was simply that ok we agreed because
nobody announced this zoning at that time for the elective offices. We allowed
everybody from every zone to contest for now.
“Because you had altered the constitution the first time to
get the presidential candidate, so go one more step and allow us to have
somebody as chairman to run the party. We have two deputies, one in the North
and one in the south. The working committee of the party is not the working
committee of the party that is going to run the general election no.
“It is the committee that has just been established that
will run the party. The moment we finish the general election, if we win, we
definitely have to go back to the convention to revisit the party offices. Same
thing if we lose, we would still go back to the party to revisit the elective
offices of the party.”
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