Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has revealed that President Bola Tinubu sent his Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, to persuade him to reconsider his decision to leave Nigeria following Tinubu’s election victory.
George disclosed this during an interview on Arise TV on Wednesday.
George had previously threatened to leave the country if Tinubu became president.
In 2022, he made his stance clear after Tinubu declared his presidential bid, saying, “I will move away from Nigeria.
“I’ll leave because he will be your representative on the international plane. Which investment will he bring here? I am not talking because I have any hatred for him.
“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.”
Reflecting on this statement, George recounted how Tinubu responded to his threat by sending Gbajabiamila to appeal to him.
“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,” George 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.”
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