By Michael Babatunde
The Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has explained that President Bola Tinubu dispatched his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to urge him to reconsider his decision to leave Nigeria after the presidential election victory.
It should be noted that in 2022, following Bola Tinubu’s announcement of his presidential candidacy in January, Chief Olabode George had threatened to leave the country if Tinubu won the election.
George words: “I will move away from Nigeria. I’ll leave because he will be your representative on the international plane. Which investment will he bring here? I am not talking because I have any hatred for him.
“This is not the kind of person we can hand over this massive country to manage. He will be the greatest joke on the international plane. We should bother who should lead us.
“If by whatever chance he gets to the villa, I won’t be part of this country. And I am not joking. I can go to Ghana and be watching with binoculars from afar. You will see what will happen.”
Reflecting on the situation, Chief Olabode George shared during an appearance on Arise TV on Wednesday how Femi Gbajabiamila, the Chief of Staff to President Tinubu, visited him with a message from Tinubu, asking him to reconsider his decision to leave the country.
“During the campaign period, I stated it and I meant it—that if by whatever measure Bola Tinubu wins this election, I was going to get out.
“Once they heard that, Tinubu sent his chief of staff, who is my little brother from Lagos State, Femi Gbajabiamila, to appeal to me.
“He came to say, ‘My boss said I should tell you, please be calm’. They knew they had wronged me. They said they were sorry.”
