My Issues With Bola Tinubu – Bode George

Chief Bode George has opened up on his issues with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu insisting that there is nothing personal between the two of them.

In an interview with Saturday Vanguard, the former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP rather said that his differences with Tinubu were essentially based on character and principle.

“There is absolutely nothing personal. This is my country. At 77, why will I not be able to tell truth to power? I have some facts about this character.

“He ran my state (Lagos) since 1999, finished eight years of absolute nonsense. So, there is nothing personal but to be able to speak truth to power, I owe it to my creator and I owe it to the future generations of this country. I come from a politically potent family. My late granduncle was the late Herbert Macaulay, the first Nigerian politician and he was in the throes of trying to unite both the north and south when he died.”

“So, we must continue that fight, our country must come out from the doldrums of filth and have people with confidence and character that are sellable anywhere in the world and people loyal to this country. That is all,” Bode George said in respect to his well-known issues against Tinubu.

“So, I have no qualms, there is nothing between him and me that is hatred. If I cannot tell the truth at this age, then, why am I living? These things I am saying are well known.

Asked if he would support Tinubu if approached by the former Lagos State governor, he said:

“How? I won’t support him. I am talking as a senior citizen in this country. I have nothing personal, this man (Tinubu) does not have what it takes to manage this country. If he does Nigerians will regret it.

“Who is he? In his character, in his name, or educational qualification. What I am telling him is what I know. If Nigerians are dumb enough not to see that and they choose that he is the one they want to put forward as president, I wish them the best of luck. I won’t be part of it here, because he will take the country to the gutters.”

Prodded if he would go leave the country if Tinubu emerged as president, Bode George said:

“I will move away from Nigeria, I’ll leave because he will be your representative in the international plain. Which investment will he bring here? I am not talking because I have any hatred for him. This is not the kind of person we can hand over this massive country to manage. He will be the greatest joke on the international plane. We should bother who should lead us,” Bode George said in rounding up on the issues he has with Tinubu.

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