In this interview with ENIOLA AKINKUOTU, a national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, speaks on the recent comments of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other national issues

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Goodluck Jonathan plans to perpetuate himself in government like the former President of Cote d’Ivoire, Laurent Gbagbo. What do you think of this comment?

He (Obasanjo) says he is a Christian and as a Christian, it is emphasised in the New Testament of the Bible where Christ said judge not so that you will not be judged. But his judgment is no longer about the policies of Jonathan. He has gone down to the extent of saying Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) will jail you (Jonathan), that is why you are afraid. I am holding my breath because in an African setting, you talk to elders with respect and that is why I am trying to get the right words to describe my feelings. Baba (Obasanjo) is not a young man. He was Head of State at 39. So averagely, he should be about 84 or 85 and I am requesting that he should graciously fade away into the midnight. In the Bible, Romans chapter 13 states clearly that we should pray for those in authority. It says pray for your leaders so that they don’t run aground. So, to me that is my own interpretation. If baba (Obasanjo) had attended the Council of State meeting in Abuja, where they were very well briefed, and that it was decided that only the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, that could pronounce a postponement and that he should go and come up with a decision and Jega addressed a press conference. Now to start comparing our President with Gbagbo in Cote d’Ivoire is unjust, unsavoury and unfair because what is the population of Ivory Coast? What are the tribal sentiments of Ivory Coast? Are they the same here? I want to plead with Baba. God has been kind to him and he has served his own time. I don’t want to conclude that his life will be like King Saul in the Bible. I pray it will not be so. Baba has played his role. No generation can finish any job. Nation building is a continuous exercise. You come, do your own and go back into history.

Apart from the issue of insecurity which Jega gave as the reason for the postponement of the elections, do you think INEC was ready to conduct the elections on February 14 and 28?

I granted an interview recently and there were two posers that I gave to Jega. Thank God Jega is a professor. He told us that there was an 88 per cent collection rate in Borno State where there is massive insurgency as well as in Yobe and Adamawa states. Here, where there is calmness and civility, only 30 something per cent of the populace had collected PVCs. It is just improving. I think as of last Friday over three million had collected as against 5.6 million. And he is saying we are ready. Without the Permanent Voter Cards, you are immediately disenfranchised. Ask Jega that as a professor, will it be fair to conduct an examination whereby you have (students who have) covered 80 per cent syllabus and another class where you have (students who have) covered only 30 per cent syllabus. Is it fair?

The other question is this issue of card readers. Have they been tested? I am talking as an electronic engineer of 48 years in practice. You just bought equipment from China and the last time it was tested was in China. Our own environment is not the same. Look at the vagaries of the temperature here from the swampy areas of the South and the savannah in the North. Who has tested the equipment? Now, I am not saying they will not all work but if there are almost 9,000 polling units in Lagos, is he saying all the 9,000 card readers will be functional? If the card readers fail to work in some polling units, what shall we do?

Why did the military surround former Governor Bola Tinubu’s house?

If Bola Tinubu finds his way into national government, I will go on exile. He hasn’t the temerity and the calmness of mind. They don’t even know what to do in power. Because the vice-president is his boy, he will just order that Bode George should be picked up. He said soldiers came to him but he must have been dreaming. When he said soldiers had surrounded his house, I drove down there because my house is not too far from there. I know the hierarchy of the military and its behaviour. That they surrounded his house is lie number one because on either side of his house are two buildings. There is also one at the back. So, I wondered where the soldiers were hiding. Why would you lie for public consumption? So when I got down there, I knew that his spin doctors were working. These days people go on the social media and the story went viral. Why would he (President Godluck Jonathan) from Abuja, be running after Bola? Let them be very careful about the statements they are making. More so, if Obasanjo is now linking Jonathan with what happened in Cote d’Ivoire and coup; not in this 21st Century. That is past and gone forever. No nation goes through this kind of tribulation twice and survive. We have had our own experience of Civil War and I pray that God does not direct our minds in that direction and our people have to watch their mouths.

The general perception in Lagos is that the governorship race is between yourself and Tinubu.

Absolutely not! In the PDP, no individual owns the party. I happen to have been the first national vice chairman, South-West PDP, and then became deputy national chairman South and then deputy national chairman for the whole country and having done that, they have honoured me that as long as I remain in the party, I remain a member of the Board of Trustees and I am the only one representing the South-West in the national caucus forever. That is a great honour in our party but I don’t decide who becomes a candidate. Primaries were conducted and in this particular case, the voice of the people became louder than anybody’s. I am not like Bola Tinubu, I don’t have the papers of the party in my pocket. I don’t even have a veto power. But the other side doesn’t practice democracy. We have friends that are members there. Jimi Agbaje has no godfather but will not behave like an authoritarian governor.

But Senator Musiliu Obanikoro said you were the one that imposed Agbaje.

That is absolute garbage, he knew he was lying. You know he came from their party and that is why he was saying it was me. He has now retracted the statement. We are now one indivisible party and we are ready for election. All the vagaries and all that happened during the primary was a test of the ability and the strength of our party and we listened to the voice of the people. The voice of the people is the voice of God.

Jonathan’s perception in the South-West is not as favourable as it was in 2011. There has been blame on you and other PDP Yoruba leaders for allowing Buhari to increase in popularity in the South-West.

If you had said this about two or three weeks ago, I would have agreed. I got these feelers straight to my face. People came to me and said they would vote for Agbaje but they will not vote for Jonathan because he had done nothing for us here. And I explained that there is a general misunderstanding of the concept of operation in this country. The long periods of military rule presupposed that the Head of State was responsible for everything and it is that same thinking that is responsible for this situation. We are all hands on deck explaining the differences between military governance and democratic governance.

Highly educated people, my age groups, were asking me this question but I explained to them that 60 per cent of the impact the President will have on you is through the federal allocation to your state. Does he give every state and every local government allocation? Yes. They collect it religiously every 30 days. In the area of security, he guarantees it. It is only three states in the North-East battling insecurity. There is peace and he guarantees that. What of infrastructure? All federal roads in Lagos from Alfred Rewane in Ikoyi all the way to Third Mainland Bridge and Ebute Meta are federal roads. Are they like the roads in Somolu and Akowonjo?

Secondly, the APC refused to participate in the National Conference. Since he (Buhari) has refused to debate, what will he do about the resolution unanimously reached by the National Conference? What will happen to the report? The decisions of the National Conference are so germane to the future of this country. The more reasons why the man who conceptualised it should be allowed to implement his decisions.

Bode Tewonde is a funny dude

Confessions of an ex-convict...

Which country will accept him?

The battle front remains Lagos. I know Lagosians will speak with their votes.Chief Bode George should forget the exile option.What would he say he's running from? Tinubu who is not the executive, legislature and judiciary altogether? All we want is a peaceful and credible election.

A lot of people will be happy with that

They shall all flee!!! Nigeria shall be rid of hoodlums once GMB wins.
If they don't flee, Kirikiri awaits them

I hope you'll run away with "just kidding" strapped to your back.

obasanjo is not judging but stating a fact

As for Bode George he can evaporate.

Who cares?


we want change!!!

The battle front remains Lagos. I know Lagosians will speak with their votes.Chief Bode George should forget the exile option.What would he say he's running from? Tinubu who is not the executive, legislature and judiciary altogether? All we want is a peaceful and credible election.
On a another note,come to think of it,why would Chief Bode George have to drive to Asiwaju Tinubu's house when he heard it's surrounded by soldiers? What manner of love is that few days to valentine's day?

this man sha knows how to tame his tongue. Guess he learnt his lessons o

CaptainAmerica1:
Which country will accept him?

Chad or Togo....either of the two

Op, sorry, didn't read all that
Just came here to tell him bye bye in advance

Note: We don't want continuity
We can't stand another 4yrs of cluelessness

WE CRAVE FOR CHANGE
And that's exactly what we will get

#SAIBUHARI
#MARCH4BUHARI

2undexy:


Chad or Togo....either of the two

9jvirgin:
Bode George.... Die!!! In Jesus Name!!! Someone say amen kikiki

amen amen amen

If u are running cari agbaje and Koro follow body o

As a matter of fact, I will be very surprise if he doesn't. The name Bode George is synonymous with corruption.

The name "Bode George" on dictionary search I find this-------»»»»» "Corrupt" criminal" drug baron" a politician who stole recklessly from government account" 2. An Ex-convict" working for a clueless and coward president.

That awkward moment when a politician turns hussain bolt...Bode if your hands are clean you don't have to flee..

BTW why will bode george say this indirectly he has campaigned for GMB with this statement, meaning "PDP is corrupt if we lose, we all have to run to avoid jail" i wonder who advised him to make a comment like this...

weldone

respectful and eloquent.....
good diction and adequate level of intelligence..
obviously educated.....



so why is the ones dat u expect to be on a higher level that get tainted ??

Yes o!
FLEEEEE THE DEVIL. . .or get PHOCKED in the azzzze!

Lmaooooo. Tewonde George

I got these feelers straight to my face. People came to me and said they would vote for Agbaje but they will not vote for Jonathan because he had done nothing for us here.

The more Bode George continue defending rubbish the less chance Agbaje have at the poll. The more Jonathan behave lawless the higher their disgrace.

We will all flee. Including the youths that support him now. Am sure he'll ban betting, lotto, Internet and booze..that much is true. But it would never happen, that animal would never win anything in nigeria..

Tewonde George just wants to get his hands in Lagos state's kitty. Too funny. Please he should run and not come back.

Flee! Buhati has a lot of crates to put you inside and bring you back.

you can run but you can't hide.

Said Baba

This rarely respects not see regular combat standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground.

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According to an information leak of a classified state secret meeting held in the morning of Sunday, February 15, 2015 in N'Djamena by the Special Advisors and the General Strategic decision center, the board would be submitted to the Head of State Staff and the Presidency a proposal in line to quarantine northern Nigeria to neutralize the strongholds of the sect Boko Haram. "This strategy market in 2008, which allowed the Chadian forces to repel the attack of the rebels in the capital N'djamena and we firmly believe that this approach will be effective in northern Nigeria, especially since it comes to fighting terrorist in town "said a military source close to the board. As a reminder, this quarantine method that would probably be short-lived, is in reality a battle strategy regularly used by the Chadian army when it comes a clash in a city. It consists in identifying all from the towns occupied by the enemy and deploy a large number of over-equipped force with relatively strong deterrent firepower that would prevent civil to evacuate and avoid a possible escape enemies among those -C to allow sharpshooters, armored squadrons of helicopters pounded intensively cities with both heavy and light weapons to the withdrawal of the enemy fighters. The collection of bodies is forbidden to advanced decomposition of bodies in cities to demoralize civilian who eventually finish in denouncing enemies. This method rarely respects see no ordinary battle standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground. These kinds of operation is used only as a last resort to neutralize the enemy with the help of civil and demoralized tired of assaults. Hope that Chad will not use its position of strength in the struggle to force the Nigerian authorities to allow it to implement the operation "Quarantine".

This rarely respects not see regular combat standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground.

photo credit
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According to an information leak of a classified state secret meeting held in the morning of Sunday, February 15, 2015 in N'Djamena by the Special Advisors and the General Strategic decision center, the board would be submitted to the Head of State Staff and the Presidency a proposal in line to quarantine northern Nigeria to neutralize the strongholds of the sect Boko Haram. "This strategy market in 2008, which allowed the Chadian forces to repel the attack of the rebels in the capital N'djamena and we firmly believe that this approach will be effective in northern Nigeria, especially since it comes to fighting terrorist in town "said a military source close to the board. As a reminder, this quarantine method that would probably be short-lived, is in reality a battle strategy regularly used by the Chadian army when it comes a clash in a city. It consists in identifying all from the towns occupied by the enemy and deploy a large number of over-equipped force with relatively strong deterrent firepower that would prevent civil to evacuate and avoid a possible escape enemies among those -C to allow sharpshooters, armored squadrons of helicopters pounded intensively cities with both heavy and light weapons to the withdrawal of the enemy fighters. The collection of bodies is forbidden to advanced decomposition of bodies in cities to demoralize civilian who eventually finish in denouncing enemies. This method rarely respects see no ordinary battle standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground. These kinds of operation is used only as a last resort to neutralize the enemy with the help of civil and demoralized tired of assaults. Hope that Chad will not use its position of strength in the struggle to force the Nigerian authorities to allow it to implement the operation "Quarantine".



This rarely respects not see regular combat standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground.

photo credit
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According to an information leak of a classified state secret meeting held in the morning of Sunday, February 15, 2015 in N'Djamena by the Special Advisors and the General Strategic decision center, the board would be submitted to the Head of State Staff and the Presidency a proposal in line to quarantine northern Nigeria to neutralize the strongholds of the sect Boko Haram. "This strategy market in 2008, which allowed the Chadian forces to repel the attack of the rebels in the capital N'djamena and we firmly believe that this approach will be effective in northern Nigeria, especially since it comes to fighting terrorist in town "said a military source close to the board. As a reminder, this quarantine method that would probably be short-lived, is in reality a battle strategy regularly used by the Chadian army when it comes a clash in a city. It consists in identifying all from the towns occupied by the enemy and deploy a large number of over-equipped force with relatively strong deterrent firepower that would prevent civil to evacuate and avoid a possible escape enemies among those -C to allow sharpshooters, armored squadrons of helicopters pounded intensively cities with both heavy and light weapons to the withdrawal of the enemy fighters. The collection of bodies is forbidden to advanced decomposition of bodies in cities to demoralize civilian who eventually finish in denouncing enemies. This method rarely respects see no ordinary battle standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground. These kinds of operation is used only as a last resort to neutralize the enemy with the help of civil and demoralized tired of assaults. Hope that Chad will not use its position of strength in the struggle to force the Nigerian authorities to allow it to implement the operation "Quarantine".


This rarely respects not see regular combat standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground. photo credit photo credit According to an information leak of a classified state secret meeting held in the morning of Sunday, February 15, 2015 in N'Djamena by the Special Advisors and the General Strategic decision center, the board would be submitted to the Head of State Staff and the Presidency a proposal in line to quarantine northern Nigeria to neutralize the strongholds of the sect Boko Haram. "This strategy market in 2008, which allowed the Chadian forces to repel the attack of the rebels in the capital N'djamena and we firmly believe that this approach will be effective in northern Nigeria, especially since it comes to fighting terrorist in town "said a military source close to the board. As a reminder, this quarantine method that would probably be short-lived, is in reality a battle strategy regularly used by the Chadian army when it comes a clash in a city. It consists in identifying all from the towns occupied by the enemy and deploy a large number of over-equipped force with relatively strong deterrent firepower that would prevent civil to evacuate and avoid a possible escape enemies among those -C to allow sharpshooters, armored squadrons of helicopters pounded intensively cities with both heavy and light weapons to the withdrawal of the enemy fighters. The collection of bodies is forbidden to advanced decomposition of bodies in cities to demoralize civilian who eventually finish in denouncing enemies. This method rarely respects see no ordinary battle standards and human rights. Since in this operation, a crowd of more than three people is considered systematically as a threat, and since that time have the forces to verify the identity of people is limited and that doubt is banished, the damage will necessarily consistent. "A failure to identify, eliminate" is the first order received by soldiers before landing on the ground. These kinds of operation is used only as a last resort to neutralize the enemy with the help of civil and demoralized tired of assaults. Hope that Chad will not use its position of strength in the struggle to force the Nigerian authorities to allow it to implement the operation "Quarantine".

Book-ed

This poo is anti-pdp
Nairaland is pro-pdp
Im politically neutral
i wonder how it wl make it to the fp..

TChief Bode George just mirrored the fearful thoughts in the minds of all remorseless Treasury looters....

I can't wait for 29th May, for a new Nigeria where Stealing will become corrupt practice with commensurate punishments...