A former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that he has no personal beef with President-elect Bola Tinubu.
According to a Vanguard report, George said this when a high-powered delegation of Lagos State indigenes visited his home to broker peace between him and the president-elect.
The PDP chieftain is a strong critic of the president-elect, saying shortly before the February 25 presidential election that he would relocate from Nigeria should Tinubu emerge president.
Led by a former judge of the Lagos State High Court, Justice Ishola Olorunnimbe (retd), the delegation called for George’s support and collaboration with the former Lagos State governor as he assumes the office of president on May 29.
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Speaking at the meeting, George said, “They made a request which we are all looking at. They requested that someday we should also congratulate Asiwaju and we said yes, but that I belong to a political party. They are all in the courts now.
“Let us finish the court cases. Whichever way that goes, the issue of congratulating him or not will come to fruition.
“I have nothing personal and nothing happens without the almighty God. As a believer, that is my school of thought.”
Addressing the delegation, the PDP chieftain noted, “Let me say there are no political differences between Tinubu and I. Justice Olorunnimbe is like a father, we respect our fathers in Lagos.
“When I got an invitation from Papa Olusi that he wanted to come and see me the first time, I told my friend who delivered the message that I should go and visit him and not the other way round. But Papa Olusi said he had to come and see and that it had to do with the situation in Lagos.
“This is the second time Papa Olusi is visiting. We had detailed discussions that bothered the unity of Lagos. I must say we re-established the fact that the culture of Lagos is to accept and accommodate other tribes.”
George expressed willingness to collaborate with Tinubu, saying that a divided house cannot stand.
“I have explained to Baba Olusi that there is no problem with working together.
“The kind of platform we are trying to have is for a unity of purpose in Lagos State, irrespective of party affiliations.
“On the bottom line, you are a Lagosian though we can have different political affiliations.
He maintained that he had had no battle with Tinubu, adding, “We have no battle, nothing personal between him and I.”
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