POLITICS: Atiku, Mark Can't Dance On PDP Grave And Win Election, Says Bode George
A few days after opposition figures rally under the newly adopted African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 elections, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart, Chief Olabode George, has strongly condemned the move, saying they can't win election standing on PDP's grave
George accused former allies especially Atiku Abubakar and David Mark, of abandoning principle for personal ambition.
George, a member of the PDP Board of Trustees, took aim at prominent defectors including ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Senate President David Mark, describing their migration to ADC as an act of desperation and betrayal.
“I’m very disappointed. I must be frank with you,” George said in a television interview. “If your house is leaking and you are strong enough, you remain in that house. You call people to fix it. You don’t run out and become a tenant somewhere else.”
He declared that the PDP has overcome its internal crisis, asserting, “We have resolved our crisis, and on June 30th, we resurrected. That was the turning point. We are now in a new beginning, a redemption.”
Slamming the motivations behind the coalition, George questioned the credibility and unity of the alliance. “Who will step down for whom? Atiku for Obi? Obi for Atiku? That’s their business. It’s all about personal ambition, not national interest,” he said, casting doubt on the coalition’s ability to produce a unified candidate.
His harshest rebuke came when he accused the coalition of disregarding the legacy of PDP’s founding fathers. “You can’t dance on the graves of the founding fathers of PDP and expect to succeed,” George warned.
The rebuke comes amid mounting criticism from PDP and APC figures over the coalition’s legitimacy and direction. APC National Publicity Secretary Felix Morka dismissed the group as “a coalition of hoaxers and self-obsessed merchants of vendetta,” while FCT Minister Nyesom Wike derided the ADC’s new leadership as “failed and expired politicians.”
Peter Obi, former Labour Party presidential candidate, defended his decision to support the coalition, insisting that only a collective front could defeat the ruling APC. But the move has triggered backlash within his own party, with the Julius Abure faction issuing a 48-hour ultimatum for his resignation — a position the rival Nenadi Usman-led faction rejected, affirming full support for Obi’s involvement.
SOURCE : NATION
