‎Bode George to Tinubu: Call Wike to order

…Says FCT minister no longer PDP member

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‎Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,  Nyesom Wike, remains expelled from the party.
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‎George, the Atona Oodua of Yorubaland, said in a statement that: “The FCT minister was expelled during our convention in Ibadan last November. He was not the only one. Other characters were expelled with him. Their expulsion stands as at today. So, it doesn’t make any sense for him to be using Federal Government agents, from Abuja to Rivers, intimidating Nigerians, and claiming to be speaking on behalf of a faction of PDP. He is no longer our member.”
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‎George blamed the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the judiciary for Wike’s actions and urged President Bola Tinubu to “call the minister to order before it is too late.”
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‎He said the FCT minister’s conduct during Saturday’s  election in Abuja was “a complete embarrassment to the good people of this country.
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‎”In a viral video, he was seen  addressing supporters of the All Progressives Congress at a polling unit and openly boasting that after voting, they should “leave the rest” for him. It is absolutely impossible for Wike to be behaving like a power-drunk fellow this way without the backing of Mr. President. What Tinubu needs to realise is that this is his administration till 2027, not Wike’s. That Tinubu continues to allow Wike to behave this way shows the President is not a good student of history.
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‎”Some of the characters used in the first republic to destroy that era, nobody talks about them again but everybody remembers the cover given to them by the Prime Minister, Abubakar Tafawa-Balewa.
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‎”Mr. President, when the shit hits the fan, you will carry your cross alone. You may be happy now the way Wike is dealing with your so-called enemies and trying to destroy opposition parties but the end will not be palatable.
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‎”If there is any crisis in Nigeria, it will affect the entire African continent. Those anti-democracy elements who destroyed first, second and third republics, where are they today? With a character like Wike, I pray Nigeria does not blow up.
‎”I can assure the President,  INEC and the Judiciary that Nigeria is bigger than them and Nigerians will no longer accept this from the Minister who was not even born when the 1962 crisis started in the Western Region.
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‎”In another viral video of Saturday’s election, some security agents were seen storming a polling booth, firing tear gas and snatching ballot boxes. Some police women were even shocked. Wike and others are playing with fire because more than 200 million patriotic Nigerians won’t take this nonsense anymore.
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‎”I served in the military and under this civil democracy since 1999. So, I know what I am talking about.
‎”No one, I repeat, no one, no matter how influential or power drunk,  should be allowed to undermine the will of Nigerians. What is going on now
‎is deeply disturbing. This is the time for Mr. President to call these characters to order,” George said.
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