Buhari Will Have Problem Tinubu–Bode George

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olabode George, has advised the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to be careful of those in his party, who might work to dent his reputation.

George, in an interview with Punch, said if the former Head of State is not careful, it might be difficult for him to succeed, especially in his fight against corruption.

He asked Buhari to first clean his “filthy” household before his anything.

The former NPA boss described the All Progressives Congress, APC, as a party hurriedly put together, which has “no taproot; no culture.”

“On May 29, they will have the power,” he added.

“When I listened to Buhari’s economic postulation, I laughed. The world is in the 21st century. No one is talking about establishing Nigerian Airways or automatically turning a naira into a dollar.

“He said he would look into all the governors that have used their state Houses of Assembly to approve stupendous benefits for themselves. He said he would cancel it. But this is not a military government.

“My oga will now know what it means to deal with a National Assembly and their idiosyncrasies, state governors, political parties and their idiosyncrasies. I know Buhari to be a man that does not want any stain on his public posture.

“But when I was young, my mother used to say, ‘show me your friends and I will tell you who you are.’ Let my oga show me his friends and I will tell him who he is. Let him start to clean his own household because it is filthy,” he said in the interview.

He warned that Buhari might have problems with Tinubu in the coming government.

He asked, “Are they not in the same party? Who calls himself the national leader of the party? If Tinubu says let’s go South and Buhari says lets go East, what happens?”

“You cannot have two captains on a ship. I told you the APC has no taproot but it is just an experimental party. I know Buhari will not want to contaminate himself but what of those who have fast hands in the tillers? We are waiting for him to announce his cabinet,” he submitted.

“Four years is a short time in the life of a nation. He is almost 73 and he should fear nothing. All he needs to do is to leave a good name behind,” George also said.

Source: The Punch