PDP Chair: Bode George labels Fayose an ingrate

A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the Southwest, and former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Bode George, has labelled Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State as an ingrate and immature politician for saying he would not support him (George) to become the national chairman of the party.

He also condemned the governor for calling on elders of the party to take the backstage in the affairs of the party.
It would be recalled that Fayose, during an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, said he would not support George for the position of national chairman of the party.

“Chief Bode George told me personally that he wanted to be the national chairman of the party, I told him no, that I won’t support him. With all due respect to the elderly people in this party, they must take the backstage. People are tired of seeing the same old faces”, Fayose said.

However, Bode George, in response to Fayose, said the Ekiti governor was opposing the interest of the South-West in the party and that his comments showed that he was an immature politician.

According to him, the PDP needed experienced and matured leaders to pilot its affairs, adding that age was not a
barrier to good leadership but an asset.

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He also pointed out that the National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was older than him and that if the chairmanship position was eventually zoned to the South-West, he would consult with family and friends on whether or not to contest.

“The kind of chairman the PDP needs is someone that has integrity, one that is trusted and established.

“Fayose spoke very immaturely during the interview. For him to have said that the founding fathers of the party should take the backstage in the party’s affairs was very disgusting and self-deceitful. I actually told him at an
old meeting of the party that if the chairmanship of the PDP was zoned to the South-West, that I would show interest.

He told me he had heard.
“Fayose is an ingrate because when the world was against him during his first term in office, God used me to give him support. I contributed N250,000 to purchase his campaign clothes. We must defend the interest of Yoruba because we have been sidelined in the party’s leadership for too long. Fayose and Senator Buruji Kashamu cannot continue to decide for the Yoruba people in the PDP.”

Continuing, the retired Naval officer said it was also not true that South-West PDP leaders did not show interest in contesting the national chairmanship position, faulting Fayose’s claim on Senator Bode Olajumoke.

He said: “Fayose claims to be a Christian. Let him go and read the book of Micah, chapter 7, from verse 1-10 to learn more about leadership. Many people showed interest from the South-West, even Prof. Tunde Adeniran showed interest.

Bode (Olajumoke) knows that Fayose is playing around. Bode and I discussed because we are friends.”

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