By Ifreke Inyang A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George has made an appeal to the governor of Rivers State, ...
By Ifreke Inyang
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode
George has made an appeal to the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and the
PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to “cool down” amid the crisis in
the party.
Speaking during a Channels TV interview on Wednesday, George
said it appeared “some kind of devil” has entered the party.
Wike and Atiku have been at loggerheads since the PDP
presidential primary in May.
The governor lost out to the ex-vice president and was also
snubbed as running mate, with Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, preferred.
Efforts by PDP stakeholders and elders to resolve the crisis
have since proved abortive.
Speaking on the matter, George said: “It is a major bother
not only for me, it is a bother to a lot of the committed elders and members of
the upper chamber of the party. It looks like some kind of devil has entered
into the midst of our party.
“We have the capacity to resolve our crisis; we have enough
experienced leaders, committed followers, who will sit and be able to resolve
this crisis once and for all.
“Unfortunately, we have a month and a week before we
commence the campaign, my appeal now is that Governor Wike should cool down;
presidential candidate Atiku should also cool down because none of their
ambition should be bigger and higher than the ambition of our party. We are
appealing to both of them.
“Because there is no organization anywhere in the world that
would not have crisis, but the capacity and the ability to handle the
resolution of such crisis would be a measure of how developed, reliable or
respectable that organization is.”
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