Bode George to Tinubu: You are not God to say ‘PDP will never return to Power’

…As PDP reacts to fresh looters’ list
Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has reacted to a recent comment by the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the PDP will never return to power.

Tinubu, made the statement while speaking at a colloquium to celebrate his 66th birthday in Lagos, a comment that did not go down well with Bode George.

This is coming even as the PDP has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari administration of plotting to intimidate, harass and arrest its members ahead of the 2019 elections, following the release of a list of alleged corrupt former political office holders in the PDP.

Speaking to another newspaper, George said; “First of all, let me ask Tinubu, is he, God? Or has he gotten the powers of God that he can see the future? I think that is a rubbish statement to make from a leader.

“If that is what he thinks, I think it is a wishful thinking. He will soon realise that everything that has a beginning has an end, and that is the power of the Almighty, the One who was, who is and will forever be.

“There is no human being that lives perpetually. There are three things in life you don’t control -the day you were born, the tribe in which you were born (whether you are Chinese, African or American) and the day you will exit. That shows you there is a Being and power more than us.

“So, when people get up and make such statements that Tinubu made, that PDP will never come back to power, that is arrogance being exhibited. Let me advise him that we used to say that PDP will rule this country for 60 years.

Then we sat back, put everything on auto-pilot and went to sleep. Alas, we found ourselves on the deck and that was why in humility, during the last conference held by the party in Abuja, the delivery, the content and performance was the zenith of humility.”

Meanwhile, while reacting to the list of alleged looters released by the Federal Government over the weekend, PDP in a series of tweets said the APC government was plotting to turn Nigeria into a one-party state.

It read: “The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party has been drawn to clandestine plots by certain agents of the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) to clamp down on key members of the opposition parties ahead of the 2019 general election.

“Part of this heinous plot is also to arrest members of the civil society, opinion leaders, the media and professional groups who refused to buy into the fabrications, lies, deceptions and propaganda of the @APCNigeria and Federal Government. @MBuhari

“The first leg of this scheme is to commence a vicio intimidation and harassment of @OfficialPDPNig members, who have refused to succumb to pressure to join the @APCNigeria in their undemocratic quest to create for a one party state in Nigeria.”