According to Bode George, a PDP chieftain, President Bola Tinubu sent Femi Gbajabiamila, his chief of staff, to implore him not to leave Nigeria because of his rise to power.
George claimed that because they had offended him, Tinubu sent Gbajabila to appease him and keep him from leaving Nigeria.
He mentioned on Wednesday that if Tinubu won the 2023 presidential election, he would leave Nigeria.
Despite the PDP problem and the antics with Rivers State Governor Sim Fubara, the PDP chairman also referred to Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, or FCT, as his son during an appearance on Arise TV’s Morning Show.
According to Goerge: “Wike is like a son to me and when I saw the division as an elder of the party from the convention; I spoke with Ayu that you made a public statement that if the presidential candidate comes from the north you would resign but now you are manipulating it, and that was where the crisis started.
“It is an anomaly to have the presidential candidate and the party chairman from the same zone, people will react to that. I don’t live my life based on Wike.
“During the campaign period, I stated and meant it that if Tinubu won that election, I was going to get out. Once they heard that, Tinubu sent his Chief of Staff, Gbajabiamila.
“He came and said ‘Ogbon said please don’t be calm, trying to beg. They came with options that they were sorry because they knew they had wronged me.
“I saw the shenanigans going on between him and his governor and I called the Chairman of the BoT that it’s important for us to arrange a meeting with Fubara and Wike, to know the problem between the two of them.
“Fubara gave us an appointment and set up a committee where we met with him in Port Harcourt, he told us his side of the story. And, when I called Wike that we must see him; he sir I’m going to China and when I’m back we will see.”
