Former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode George, has faulted Atiku Abubakar’s decision to leave the party, attributing it to “an excessive ambition” to become President at all cost.
Speaking in an interview, George said, “It (Atiku’s resignation) is very shocking to me. I have been praying that the Almighty God will work on his mind and allow him to reflect very deeply and do a very deep-rooted introspection of his political life. He has walked this path before. He joined Bola Tinubu, but they deceived him, and he ran back to the PDP.
“He is no longer a young man. What I can decipher is that this ambition to be President has taken over his inner strength and thoughts. As a leader of this party, he should realise that what we do in the PDP is zoning. Eight years in the North and eight years in the South. He knows for sure that he cannot get our presidential ticket in 2027. He has to wait until 2031.
“We don’t have the power to prevent anybody from taking the ticket of another party, but in PDP, no sir. We must obey our constitution. They manipulated the constitution in the past, and all those who participated in that process have headed to the ADC.”
