Former Deputy National Chairman (South-West) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bode George, has expressed disappointment over the show of allegiance openly displayed by former Ekiti Governor, Ayo Fayose, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to the ruling All Progressives Congress.
While Fayose has openly promised to back Governor Biodun Oyebanji, Wike, on the other hand, said he had no regret for working for the victory of President Bola Tinubu, whom he swore to continue supporting.
George admitted that he found their behaviour appalling, lamenting that their endorsement is degrading the party before the Nigerian voting public.
The PDP chieftain disclosed this when he was featured as a guest on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.
He said, “If it is true that former Governor Fayose openly rejected the party and said he is going to work for the APC governor, he has defined his direction. From his ward, they should make arrangements for an investigation within the confine of Ekiti State before they report. I am sure there are a lot of old hands, too, in Ekiti.
“Even Ayo knows that you cannot say you are a member of this party, a two-term governor, to now say you are working openly for the governor of the opposition party, something is wrong.
“On that of Wike, I take it that we can still resolve this crisis because people are talking (about) what he is doing. I don’t agree with what he is doing now. As an elder of the party, it is degrading the PDP before the electorate and we need to convince the electorate. The party is like a family. When you have a problem within the family, do you go to the marketplace to start talking and whining?”
George also lashed out at the APC, saying there is nothing special about the ruling party.
According to him, even a crisis-ridden PDP is a far better option than the APC, which he claimed was an aggregation of ‘strange bedfellows.’
“Is the APC party better than us even with this crisis? Are they any better? Their party is a congregation of strange bedfellows.
“Ganduje can’t even manage the party. But we should be able to rise above this pettiness and selfishness on all sides so the party can realign itself,” he stated.
