When a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, addressed a news conference to commemorate his 79th birthday in Lagos on Thursday, he seized the opportunity to sound a note of warning to the party. The party, he argued, could be swept into the scrap heap of history before the 2027 general election “if nothing is done by the leaders to salvage” it......READ THE FULL STORY>>.....READ THE FULL STORY>>
A house divided against itself cannot stand. Thus, Chief George said the main opposition party “is in serious trouble due to selfish interests of few individuals who are bent on selling the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).”
In his words: “As a loyal party man who lives, thinks, talks, breathes and defends PDP, I have never left this party since it was formed; so today gives me a great opportunity to deliberate on the future of our party.
“Even as elders of the party are preparing to meet on November 28 in Abuja to chart the way forward, I owe it a duty to declare openly that all is not well with our party. Our party is derailing.
“This is unfortunate because the crisis in our party has further complicated the present tragedy in the socio-economic indices of our dear nation.
“I am raising the alarm today that our party is at the precipice of a dangerous looming crisis if pending critical party issues are not urgently addressed.
“If the PDP must rescue Nigerians from the vicious grip of APC in 2027, this must be a major agenda during our NEC meeting in Abuja,” George said.
Expressing the belief that the PDP was the only party that could save Nigeria, George said that the party must be ready to seize the opportunity to move the country forward.
According to him, the party must not allow disloyal elements to continue to use the platform for their selfish interests, saying disloyalty is a very grave offence.
