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A two-time governorship aspirant in Edo State and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), High Chief Jacob Egietseme Idinye, has strongly criticised party’s former Deputy National Chairman (South), Chief Olabode George, for his uncomplimentary and distasteful remarks against former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
George had claimed that Waziri Adamawa, Atiku, would not become Nigeria’s president in 2027, a statement Idinye has dismissed as both impudent and unsavory.
High Chief Idinye made these passionate remarks at a break-fast meeting with some selected journalists on Saturday in a popular Ikoyi hotel, Lagos. He further noted that PDP should be made stronger, formidable and as well create a niche for itself to become a political party capable of winning the 2027 presidential election rather than nursing disputes that could eventually affect the party’s fortunes and its general success.
“Chief Olabode George should continue to wallow in self-delusion and ego trip,” Idinye remarked, asserting that the Lagos born politician (Chief George) lacked the temerity to determine who would lead the nation in 2027.
Idinye, a media personality, also pointed out George’s previous declarations against Presi-dent Bola Tinubu, highlighting the contradiction in his predictions.
“This is a man who swore that Tinubu would not win the 2023 presidential election and even vowed to renounce his Nigerian citizenship and go into exile if Tinubu became President,” Idinye noted.
The media guru further emphasised that the fate of Nigeria in 2027 is not in George’s hands but in those of God and the Nigerian people who would exercise their franchise and civic responsibilities.
“If God says Atiku will be president in 2027 and of course he is highly qualified, a thousand Olabode Georges cannot annul it,” he stated; urging the octogenarian to cease his attacks on Atiku and focus on his own political miscalculations.
