Bode George, a former National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Southwest, has disclosed how to resolve the rift between the partyโs 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike.
George said something triggered the face-off between Wike and Atiku.
Featuring on Arise Television, George assured that Wike is not working against the party.
The PDP chieftain said Wike is a bonafide member of the party.
When asked if Wike is working against PDP, he said: โThatโs exactly what Iโm driving at. Wike and Atiku just didnโt get out in different directions, something happened. And the party leaders must come down, do an in-depth post-mortem analysis of what happened.โ
Justifying Wikeโs appointment in the APC-led government, George said, โOnce party A wins an election, it opens the door to say, โLetโs have a united group.
โWhen Obasanjo won the election in 1999, he invited people from ANPP, APGA, AD,โ citing example with the late Chief Bola Ige who served as the Attorney-General of the Federation while he was a member of the Alliance for Democracy.
โWe canโt just have a Berlin wall to say that once youโre a member of this, you canโt serve there. The fact that youโre serving there doesnโt mean youโve left your party.
โAccording to Wike, he wrote a letter to serve in the APC government. He still plays the music. How can he work against the PDP? I donโt believe it,โ George said, adding that โthere are issues to be sorted outโ.
โI just came back from Ibadan where we had an eldersโ meeting in respect to discordant voices that are coming out from Ondo State. People should get back to their various Local Governments and contribute their quota.
โItโs unfair for committed members of the party to make such assertions in public. Discipline is part of the management in any organisation. What Pearse said isnโt correct,โ he added.