Bode George also described FCT Minister, Wike as his son despite his shenanigan with Rivers State governor, Fubara
By Kehinde Okeowo
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has revealed why he stayed back in Nigeria despite his initial threat to relocate to another country if President Bola Tinubu emerged as the president in 2023.
According to him, President Tinubu sent his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila to beg him not to leave the country after he won the 2023 presidential election.
Speaking while featuring on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Wednesday, George said Tinubu decided to pacify him against leaving Nigeria because he knew he had wronged him.
He went on to describe the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike as his son despite his shenanigan with Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State and the crisis in the PDP.
ALSO READ: Over 90 killed in Jigawa petrol tanker explosion
Goerge said: “Wike is like a son to me and when I saw the division as an elder of the party from the convention; I spoke with Ayu that you made a public statement that if the presidential candidate comes from the north you would resign but now you are manipulating it, and that was where the crisis started.
“It is an anomaly to have the presidential candidate and the party chairman from the same zone, people will react to that. I don’t live my life based on Wike.
“During the campaign period, I stated and meant it that if Tinubu won that election, I was going to get out. Once they heard that, Tinubu sent his Chief of Staff, Gbajabiamila.
“He came and said ‘Ogbon said please don’t be calm, trying to beg. They came with options that they were sorry because they knew they had wronged me.
“I saw the shenanigans going on between him and his governor and I called the Chairman of the BoT that it’s important for us to arrange a meeting with Fubara and Wike, to know the problem between the two of them.
“Fubara gave us an appointment and set up a committee where we met with him in Port Harcourt, he told us his side of the story. And, when I called Wike that we must see him; he sir I’m going to China and when I’m back we will see.”
