A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olabode George, has reacted to a report that he was particular about removal of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorcha Ayu, in the bid to replace him.
Recall that the former Military Administrator of Ondo State has been strident in his call for Ayu to step down.
George, who spoke with newsmen on Thursday in his Lagos office, initially laughed in reaction to the question.
However, he said that he was too old to think of occupying the position of the national chairman of the party, which he once vied for.
He said when asked if he was planning to seek the office of the national chairman: “May be if I move into another planet.”
George, however, succinctly traced the report to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the 2023 polls, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”
He said Tinubu and Ayu have affinities dating back several years.
He added that Tinubu backed the emergence of Ayu as the president of the Senate years back.
He said: “Yoruba has Omoluabi.
“Does he (Tinubu) represent an Omoluabi in Yorubaland?
“Nothing comes easy.
“There is no way (ambition to become PDP National Chairman).
“Not even a rumour.
“Our National Chairman is a friend of Tinubu.
“He became president of the Senate courtesy of Tinubu.
“I advice that Atiku (presidential candidate of the PDP for the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar) should examine the cacophony of voices around him.
“I am an irredentist PDP believer.”
