Olabode George
PDP Crisis: George dismisses report he wants to replace Ayu as National Chairman
PDP crisis: George reacts to report he wants to oust Ayu to replace him
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has dismissed insinuations he wants to replace Dr Iyorchia Ayu as PDP National Chairman.
George said he was too old to think of occupying the position of the national chairman of the party, which he once vied for.
The former Military Administrator of Ondo State has been vocal in his call for Ayu to step down as PDP National Chairman.
George, who spoke with newsmen on Thursday in his Lagos office, initially laughed in reaction to the question.
He said when asked if he was planning to seek the office of the national chairman: “May be if I move into another planet.”
George, however, traced the report to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 polls, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
He said Tinubu and Ayu have affinities dating back several years.
He added that Tinubu backed the emergence of Ayu as the president of the Senate years back.
He said: “Yoruba has Omoluabi.
“Does he (Tinubu) represent an Omoluabi in Yorubaland?
“Nothing comes easy.
“There is no way (ambition to become PDP National Chairman).
“Not even a rumour.
“Our National Chairman is a friend of Tinubu.
“He became president of the Senate courtesy of Tinubu.
“I advice that Atiku (presidential candidate of the PDP for the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar) should examine the cacophony of voices around him.
“I am an irredentist PDP believer.”
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