Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has been taken to the cleaners by Bode George.
He said: “Wike spent his money and time to support the PDP after the party lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2019.”
“Wike is an asset to the party. There was a vacuum, Atiku came back and got the ticket last time, and immediately after that convention, he left the country for about a year or more. Who was the key man supporting the party?”
“We were back in opposition. Did he not spend his time and money making sure, with some other governors, so how can he not be an asset to the party?”
“If you put your time and spend your money and wisdom, ensuring that the party didn’t collapse, would you be an asset or otherwise.”
“The constitution of the party allows for zoning and rotation of elective and party offices, failure to do this will continue to cause unnecessary division.”
“I have been pleading with all sides that don’t let us turn this party to northern Peoples Democratic Party and southern Peoples Democratic Party. If we do that, the good wishes of the founding fathers would be lost.”
“If we bring about this unnecessary division, we are sending everybody back to the early time, the first republic, the second republic, it would portend evil.”
“Wike lost that election. Atiku won. The PDP constitution, section 7 (3C) states that you must adhere to the principle of zoning and rotation, of elective offices and party offices.”
“The founding fathers stated that once a presidential candidate is from the north, after eight years, it must go to the south. For our party.”
“All those other people you’re mentioning, they are an offshoot of the real party, the PDP, we have only one major hurdle to cross – justice, fairness and equity, in the distribution of the six top positions, which I laid down.”