Tinubu Sent Gbajabiamila To Beg Me Not To Go On Exile – Bode George

A former deputy national chair (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Ola ode George has stated that he rescinded his earlier threat to go on Exile if Bola Tinubu wins the 2023 election because he (Tinubu) sent Femi Gbajabiamila to beg him to stay back.

Didactic Information Hut recalls that Chief George in January 2022 had threatened to flee Nigeria following the declaration of Tinubu’s presidential ambition.

“I will move away from Nigeria. I’ll leave because he will be your representative in the international plane. Which investment will he bring here? I am not talking because I have any hatred for him,” he said.

“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.

“If by whatever chance he gets to the villa, I won’t be part of this country. And I am not joking. I can go to Ghana and be watching with binoculars from afar. You will see what will happen.”

That was the umpteenth time George had threatened to leave Nigeria for good in the event of a Tinubu presidency.

But speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, George said it took Gbajabiamila, the president’s current chief of staff, to get him to change his mind.

“During the campaign period I stated it and I meant it; that if by whatever measure Bola Tinubu wins this election, I was going to get out,” he said.

“Once they heard that, Tinubu sent his chief of staff, who is my little brother from Lagos state, Femi Gbajabiamila, to appeal to me.

“He came to say: ‘my boss said I should tell you, please be calm’. They knew they had wronged me. They said they were sorry.”

Chief George had remained in Nigeria and continues to express critical views of the Tinubu administration.