By Akinwale Kasali
Former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode George, has chided Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for saying that the PDP would suffer heavily if he, Wike, leaves the party. George dismissed the statement as arrogant and uncalled for.
Wike’s utterances are unfortunate, and an arrogance taken too far, Chief George said.
Wike, had, a couple of days ago, described himself as an asset to the PDP. He had boasted: “If I leave PDP tomorrow, the party will suffer. I am an asset to the PDP. If I leave the party today, I will win election in any party I find myself”.
George, however, slammed Wike for using unguarded words, stressing that the Rivers State Governor should understand that a tree does not make a forest.
“The statement from him is most unfortunate and it is uncalled for. He should know that a tree doesn’t make a forest. If the founding fathers of PDP had said such things then, will Wike be Governor under PDP platform today? I want to believe he never uttered such a statement. Maybe he was misquoted”.
“To me, the PDP will never suffer if an individual leaves. Some founding fathers labored to make the party what it is today. Now, the likes of Wike are in charge. Wike too will leave someday and others will continue from where he stopped, so why the blabbing and noise all over”, George said.
