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Veteran politician Bode George has delivered a scathing assessment of the party’s leadership, highlighting the escalating leadership crisis that threatens to undermine the party’s credibility.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with Arise TV, George painted a damning picture of organizational dysfunction, focusing on the recent violent altercation at the Party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting, where Ude-Okoye was forcibly Tap Here To Read Full Details.
“I have always stated that when you have a problem, if you don’t arrest it on time, it will become cancerous and will almost consume everybody,” George declared, using a powerful medical metaphor to describe the party’s deteriorating internal dynamics.
The crisis centers on an ongoing dispute between two party secretaries, Anyanwu and former national youth leader Ude-Okoye. George attributed this conflict directly to the leadership’s “lacklustre approach to solving this problem,” emphasizing the corrosive impact of unresolved internal tensions.
“I was disgusted, I was ashamed that this kind of crisis will get to a crescendo where our public image as a party is being eroded,” he stated, revealing his profound disappointment with the current state of affairs.
George acknowledged the growing external narrative that the PDP is disintegrating. “People have started saying your party is dead,” he noted, while firmly rejecting such claims. However, his robust defense was tempered with a clear-eyed assessment of the party’s internal challenges.
The veteran politician traced the roots of the current crisis to the national convention, observing that opposing factions remain “very deep in their trenches.” His analysis suggests that the conflict has become deeply entrenched, resisting traditional reconciliation efforts.
“We can disagree without being disagreeable. We should be able to rise above this pettiness,” George argued, calling for a more mature approach to internal party disagreements.
