Bode George: APC using state power to coerce PDP governors

Olabode George, former deputy national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the ruing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the presidency was using instruments of the state to coerce PDP governors to defect to APC.

On Wednesday Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, announced his defection from the PDP to the APC. Also, Ifeanyi Okowa, former Delta governor, and PDP vice presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election dump the PDP.

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Reacting shortly in a statement, George said the Delta Governor must vacate office since he was elected on PDP’s ticket, noting that attempt to make Nigeria a one party state would fail.

According to him,”am shell-shocked. How can our governors from an organised party defect to an unorganised party like APC with only two people – Tinubu and Ganduje – dictatorially controlling the party?

“APC is a party of strange bed-fellows and I urge Deltans not to follow Oborevwori to APC because Delta is a PDP state from 1999 and it shall remain so.

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“Presidency and APC are using instruments of state to coerce PDP governors to defect to APC. They are being threatened. PDP sponsored Oborevwori as governorship candidate.

“ So, he has to leave office. Attempts to turn Nigeria to a one-party state will fail. What has APC done since 2015 that will warrant any PDP governor to defect to the party?”.