A member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has declared that the main opposition party has been resurrected, contrary to speculations.
George made this statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, shortly after the party held its crucial National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on Tuesday in Abuja to resolve the crisis rocking the PDP.
George said, “We have already done the resurrection today. An iroko tree doesn’t die, this party is an iroko tree because the tap root is so deep.”
He accused some politicians of being selfish, arguing that they have deviated from the dreams of the party’s founding fathers.
George said that the NEC meeting was a realisation of the party’s failures and things that have been done. “I left the chambers feeling reinvigorated.
“The PDP NEC meeting was the realisation of the failures and things that we have done. This party is not a party for one individual, no individual can claim ownership of this party.”
According to George, the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) Chairman, Adolphus Wabara, called on PDP members to eschew selfishness and rather be selfless.
“We must perpetually build on selfless leaders. We must have more selfless leaders and less selfish leaders. That was resonating and what he said today,” George added.
When asked if he would dump the party for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), George vehemently said no. Instead, he faulted the policies of President Bola Tinubu and decried the hardship in the country.
“The APC did not win the 2023 presidential election, arguing that the electoral process was not in good shape,” he said.
George’s statement marks a significant development in the PDP’s efforts to revive the party and regain its footing in the country’s political landscape.
With the party’s NEC meeting having taken place, the PDP seemed determined to move forward and address its internal crises.
