‘PDP is bent on self destruction’ Bode George declares, quits party chairmanship race
EX-PDP National chairman aspirant Chief Bode George has blamed the party’s loss of principles as part of the reasons he decided to withdraw from the PDP National Chairman elections suddenly.
Explaining the reasons for his sudden withdrawal few hours to the conference, George told journalists during a press conference in Abuja on Thursday that his withdrawal was based on the failure of the National Caretaker Committee to enforce micro zoning for the office of the national chairman which has been the tradition of the party.
George also said he was also taking the step following some comments from Governor Wike on the region.
He said, “The very traditional fiber of our founding fathers are now being trampled upon, debased and soiled by external forces and mercenary traitors within.
“It appears the PDP is now bent on self destruction. It has obviously allowed money moguls to dictate its thematic largeness. The party has lost its soul. It has lost its principled beginning and the predications of righteousness.
“It has traded the finer principles of democratic guidance and equity for the squalid, dirty and shameful resort to mercenary agenda where nothing matters save the putrid, oafish gains of the moment.
“I cannot be part of this screaming aberration. And as the Atona of Yoruba land, I do not expect any well meaning, well disciplined, forthright, sincere Omoluabi of Yoruba land to continue with this deceit and shameful theater.
“The Peoples Democratic Party has now mangled and distorted its soul and spirit. There is no morality here anymore. There is no sanity or any sense of enlightened civility.
“As a result of these observed aberrations wherein the position of the National Chairman has been apparently sold and auctioned to the highest bidder, I as an Omoluabi and as an authentic Atona of Yoruba land, I will not partake in this charade.
“I hereby withdraw from this brazen fraud and absolutely preconceived, monetized, mercantilist convention” he stated.
The elder statesman said that Wike must apologise to the Yoruba race for the insult on the Yoruba race.
“The Yoruba people have been openly maligned. The Yoruba have been savaged, tormented, treated with contempt, scurried, scoffed at, humiliated and denigrated by little men whose sun will soon set.
“As a Yoruba patriot and the pathfinder of Yoruba land, I will stand by our people, I will stay with them thick or thin, I will fight for their good cause without compromising any ethics.
“The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike must as a matter of priority and ethical importance tender unreserved apology to the people of Yoruba land for his unguarded utterances on national television this morning. It was a show of shame” he said.
Another aspirant, Chief Raymond Dokpesi also said that he will not succumb to black mail or be pressured to step down and debunked the rumour that he has been disqualified from the race.
In a press conference in his Kpaduma hill residence, Dokpesi expressed his satisfaction with the composition of the convention committee
He said, “We won’t bring people from heaven to be members of the committee. They are members of the party. They have a right to vote and they also have a right to align here and there.
“High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been dully screened and cleared and presented with the clearance certificate.”
