By Augustine Akhilomen
…Insists APC Not A Big Threat To The Party
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has boasted that the party is not under threat despite the defection of Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, his deputy, Monday Onyeme, and former Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, along with several commissioners and political stakeholders in the state to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Bode George, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, stated that their defection won’t pose a big threat to the party ahead of the 2027 elections.
According to the PDP board of trustees (BoT) member, such defections are part and parcel of Nigeria’s political terrain and do not signify the collapse of the PDP.
He described the defection of PDP bigwigs in Delta as despicable and self-serving.
The former Ondo State military governor berated Okowa, Oborevwori and other defectors for showing disrespect to the platform that produced them.
“Nothing. Nothing. The fact that these guys moved en masse… the people of Delta are waiting. Because what impact has the APC, as a government, given to the people? There is anger in the land. What do you think they are going to do there, if not for personal embellishment?” the former Ondo State military governor said.
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“The people of Delta are naturally PDP members. They know the kind of positive impact they enjoyed under the PDP national government. So, if you now decide to go, we wish you the best of luck. We’ve seen it before—those who trooped out eventually came back, because they’re heading into an organisation that is so personally owned.
“Is it new in the land?” he asked rhetorically. “You’ve forgotten the time when heavyweights left during the national convention of our party? Let me ask you—those already in APC, do you think they’ll fold their arms and say ‘welcome’? They have their ambitions too—governorship, National Assembly, local government. You can’t just waltz in and take over.
“This is absolute politics. You’ll wait and see that the people of Delta will return. The will of the people is what matters in politics.
“It’s an experience. We’ve gone through this before,” he said. “It is not a threat. Just because something happens doesn’t mean it is final. Politics is not rigid; it’s dynamic.
“Is that not the same Okowa who invited southern governors of all parties to Asaba to demand a southern presidency?” he queried. “Then suddenly, he’s in Abuja collecting a vice-presidential ticket. It was foolish. You can’t forget that part of the history and pretend it doesn’t matter.
“These movements don’t scare us,” he said. “We’ve been here before—and we know how it ends.”