2023: Bode George For Presidency; Vows To Retire Tinubu

By Akinwale Kasali

Bode George, former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has indicated interest to run for the 2023 Presidency.

The former Chairman of Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, has vowed to take a shot at the Presidency no matter whose ox is gored, stressing that he was battle ready to retire the All Progressives Congress, APC, leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who has also indicated interest to run for the 2023 Presidency.

George in his words said that the APC has been rigging the elections since it came on board as a political Party, following the merger of the All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, before the 2015 general elections.

He added that Nigeria is on a bigger scale, and what Tinubu and his cohorts are doing in Lagos, they can’t try it across the country.

“If they try it, it will boomerang. Tinubu and APC have been rigging elections in Lagos. Tinubu  will meet his political waterloo in 2023 if he runs, and I will be his nemesis”.

George added that he was battle ready for Tinubu come 2023, that he can’t run away because of Tinubu, rather, it should be the other way round. It is Tinubu that should be running away.

The PDP stalwart disclosed that he has been given bad press which he alleged are the handiwork of his political detractors.

“However, for now, I don’t want to distract myself. For now, my concern, and what concerns most Nigerians is to stabilize Nigeria. Nigeria is not only wobbling. It is wobbling so badly. Who even knows who will be alive by 2023?

“For now, let’s all join hands to salvage Nigeria. It is when Nigeria is stabilized that we can plan for 2023. We should even allow President Buhari to concentrate on governance now. He has not even spent up to one year in his second term. He should not be distracted”, he concluded.