- The PDP chieftain said the Nigerians are waiting for the opposition to take over affairs of the country in the next election.
The Former Deputy National Chairman (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has said that the selfish interests of some of its members are destroying the party.
According to NAN, George stated this a press conference organised to commemorate his 79th birthday ceremony.
The PDP chieftain charged elders of the party to rise up to the challenge, while expressing his grievance that “all is not well” within the party
The opposition party has been engulfed in an internal crisis since 2022, polarising the party and the NWC.
“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,” George said.
“Even as elders of the party are preparing to meet on Nov. 28 in Abuja to chart the way forward, I owe it a duty to declare openly that all is not well with our party. In fact, 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.”
The PDP chieftain said some “desperados” are undermining the party leadership’s efforts to foster a sense of belonging among members.
He said the PDP’s founding fathers would be heartbroken to see the party’s decline into “a shadow of itself” due to selfish interests of some of its members.
He described the situation as “disheartening and pitiable”, while alleging that some pretentious members are already working with the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the 2027 elections.
“They have one leg in PDP and another leg in APC. Such chameleonic characters are the ones trying to dictate the direction of this party,” George said.
“In the name of everything that is dear to our great party, this pretension must be stopped immediately by patriotic members of this party.
“Since the first elective convention of our party in 1999 when PDP was handed over to some of us as national officers, we have never had it this bad.
“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.”
The PDP chieftain stressed that the party must capitalise on the opportunity to progress Nigeria, while condemning “disloyalty” as a grave offense.
“Unless we are united, with equity, fairness and justice being the pedestal for any political decision taken, this party will be heading to disaster in 2027,” he said.
“If we want to win the 2027 presidential election, we should not allow ourselves to be divided and those with divisive tendencies should be told in clear language that ‘Enough is Enough’.
“We must change the narratives now so that we don’t embark on a suicide mission, a self-destructive journey for our party in 2027.
“With the suffering in the land and the mismanagement of the economy, Nigerians are waiting for us in 2027 to kick APC out of Aso Rock.”