President Tinubu Has Sent Emissaries To Me To End Our Disagreement — PDP Chieftain, Bode George Says He’s No More Leaving Nigeria

 

Aformer military governor of Ondo State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has stated that claimed that President Bola Tinubu sent some emissaries to him to end their “disagreement.” 

George, who mentioned this while appearing on a Channel TV interview monitored by SaharaReporters on Monday, was explaining why he was still around in the country.

Recall during the build-up to the 2023 general elections, George said he would leave Nigeria if Tinubu eventually won the election.

While explaining why he decided to stay in the country contrary to his earlier pledge, he noted that his change of mind was due to the intervention of some elderly people that pacified him to take things easier with Tinubu.

He said, “That I had a quarrel with Bola Tinubu, is not personal.  We disagreed on many fundamentals. Political fundamentals and those things are still there. Yes, they had sent emissaries to me that look, let’s tone down, and I accepted it. If elder people came and told you that please ‘Surulere’, in other words, calm down. That’s why. It’s our country. Getting to Abuja is not the problem, managing Nigeria from Abuja is a major concern for us. The issue of insecurity, the issue of religion, the issue of the. Economy, The monetary and fiscal policies of this country.”

He continued: “You know, when you are in the political field and you have your opposition. There were reasons why I said I will never walk with him and support him because all these issues, you think they have been swept under the carpet, No.”

“What Atiku repeated today. I am happy he repeated. He had been a supporter of Bola Tinubu from 1999. No, I haven’t seen what we have seen. And everybody is saying let’s accept it, let’s do this. To me, if you do anything that is not right, don’t sweep it perpetually under the carpet. The seven justices has now decided, this is the man who has won, there is nothing anyone can do now. That is the end of the electoral process.

“The Constitution we are running in this country is very, very defective. It is like a military book of law. That only one person will be deciding all the things for Nigeria. No, even in America the the president of America has his limitations. What about the states? The governors are even equally more powerful on the resources within their state, reduce the powers at the centre and devolve powers to the state.”