PDP crisis: Why I fell out with Wike after joining him to fight Atiku – Bode George

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Bode George, a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and member of the party’s Board of Trustees, has revealed the reason behind his fallout with Nyesom Wike, whom he initially supported to counter Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid in 2023.

Speaking on Arise TV, George pointed fingers at Iyorchia Ayu, the then-national chairman of the PDP, and Atiku, accusing them of masterminding the party’s woes by disrupting its zoning arrangement.

George, an elder statesman, traced the PDP’s unresolved crisis back to the party’s national convention in 2022. He admitted that his temporary support for Wike and his group during the 2023 general election was a strategic move, as the party’s top positions had been zoned to the northern region.

“The presidential candidate went to the northern zone, and the chairman of the party also went to the same zone; we said no, it can’t happen like this.

“That was the basis of the party’s crisis. I didn’t just jump ship to be with Wike or Atiku; I had meetings with both of them and Ayu; they disrupted the system,” he said.

Bode George revealed that before joining forces with Nyesom Wike, he attempted to reason with Atiku Abubakar and Iyorchia Ayu, but his efforts fell on deaf ears.

George, a Lagos-based politician, confessed that his decision to support Wike was motivated by his disgust at the actions of Atiku and Ayu during the party convention.

Bode George revealed that he abandoned Nyesom Wike’s group after discovering their intention to support Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“And when Wike people came, we had a meeting, and they made me a leader. In the end, we had two presidential candidates from the South, and they said they believed that Bola was the better person.

“I told them that if they stepped out of this meeting and talked about it outside there, I would counter you. You guys have no idea who this gentleman (Tinubu) is. He had ruled my state (Lagos), and we know his modus operandi,” George added.

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