Crises: I was thinking of quitting PDP – Bode George

A member of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Olabode George, said he was considering quitting the Peoples Democratic Party until Tuesday.

He stated this as a guest on Channels Television after Tuesday’s meeting of the party stakeholders in Abuja.

Recall that after the meeting, PDP Governors Forum chair, Aminu Tambuwal said that the stakeholders had resolved to sheath their swords.

The party also said that its National Convention that was scheduled for December would now hold before the end of October.

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The party’s decision meant that National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, who had been under pressure to resign, would lead the party to the National Convention.

Reacting to the opposition to Secondus, George said he ran the party like “private” property.

However, he praised the outcome of the stakeholders’ meeting, saying it meant that the party had waken up from its slumber ahead of the 2023 polls.

“As an elder, as a leader of this party, and as somebody who served for ten years at the NWC, I saw the platform of our party wobbling. You cannot do anything meaningful when your party is not stable,” he said.

“What I will tell Nigerians is this: today is a special day in the annals of the PDP’s history.

“That the elders, having considered, having seen what is going on in the party, decided to save the party because the founding fathers have a certain mission and that mission is so vital for the Nigerian state. We have been giving very adequate solid issues on national matters and we did it.

“It (PDP) became so petty and so rowdy. When you disregard the ground norm, the constitution of the party, then what are you doing? You are translating it as if it is your private company.

“We saw this and I won’t like to go further into the debris and filth,” George said.

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The former Deputy National Chairman of the party said that the call for Secondus’ removal was justified.

“It (PDP) is not a private company. We have the constitution of the party. Once you start driving yourself away from the norm, people will call you to order,” he said.

George said he would have left the party if the stakeholders had not addressed the grievances that threatened to tear it apart.

“The way they were managing the party fell short of seriousness. So as a concerned member, I was thinking that I should leave the party and go home and rest because I won’t join any party after PDP,” he said.