Bode George Backs PDP BoT’s Support For Ude-Okoye As National Secretary
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Board of Trustees, Bode George, has thrown his weight behind the decision of his colleagues to recognize Sunday Ude-Okoye as the authentic National Secretary of the party.
There has been a tussle between Ude-Okoye and Samuel Anyanwu over the position of the PDP National Secretary, with both men laying claim to the position.
After a meeting of the BoT on Wednesday, they urged the party’s national working committee to immediately swear Ude-Okoye in as the substantive national secretary of the party.
George, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday, noted that the decision to back Ude-Okoye was based on the judgement of Court of Appeal which affirmed him as the authentic National Secreatary of PDP.
“So far, the facts that they brought, I am completely on board with that. What do you expect the elders to do? The report was clear that there was no counter Court of Appeal report apart from the one from Okoye.
“So, what do you expect us to do? If Anyanwu decides to go to the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court throws out that decision of the of the Court of Appeal, we will abide by that,” George said.
The former deputy national chairman of the PDP, however, called on Anyanwu to let go and allow peace to reign so that the party can focus on playing its role as opposition.
George said that despite the crisis rocking the PDP, the party is still more organised internally than the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said he is not afraid of the PDP totally collapsing because he knows that the taproot of the party is still completely intact.
“If the taproot of Iroko tree is still deep rooted, only the wind that is blowing the tree at the top. We are going to resolve it. I believe in the resolution,” he said.
George insisted that PDP is not a private enterprise of any individual, appealing to all sides to calm down.
He called on people who are so hell-bent on their private ambition to find their way out of the party.
