Former National Vice-Chairman of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Southwest, Chief Bode George has renounced his membership of the party’s disciplinary committee that has Chief Tom Ikimi as chairman.
In an interview on Arise News today, August 24, Bode George said that it is incongruous for him to
serve under Ikimi, former ANPP Chief who joined PDP after him.
Bode George complained about what he called “lack of sincerity” in the new attempt at reconciliation and dispense of discipline.
According to him, the fundamental issues that led to the cleavage of the party ahead of the 2023 General Election arising from the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as presidential candidate at the expense of the South had not been sufficiently addressed.
“I am almost at the eight floor of life, why am I going to be running to Abuja wasting my time? I said to them I can’t serve under Ikimi, period! When did he join the party?”
He stressed the point that Ikimi and Eyitayo Jegede, the secretary were of the same group.
“And we know within ourselves the various groups that are dividing the party. That is what the party should sit down first and resolve. Now the chairman of that committee is from one group, the secretary of the committee is from the same group.”
It can be recalled that ahead of the 2023 general elections, Bode George moved with the Nyesom Wike tendency while Ikimi, and Jegede (former lawyer to Atiku) joined with the presidential candidate.
The PDP had earlier in the week, inaugurated the disciplinary and reconciliation committees to reset the party on the part of order having in 2015 lost in its series of running for the Nigerian presidency.
