By Temidayo Akinsuyi

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has revealed how Adamu Mu’azu, a former Na­tional Chairman of the party, fled the country a day to the conduct of the 2015 presidential election.

Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), defeated former President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election.

The election earlier scheduled for February 14, 2015 was moved to March 28, 2015 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) follow­ing concerns over insecurity in the North Eastern part of the country.

According to the result declared by INEC chairman, Prof. Attahi­ru Jega, Buhari polled a total number of 15,424,921 votes while Jonathan placed second with 12,853,162 votes.

Following the defeat of the PDP, which ended its 16 years reign, Mu’azu resigned his po­sition in May 2015 and Prince Uche Secondus, the then Depu­ty National Chairman (South), took over as acting national chairman.

Speaking exclusively to Dai­ly Independent, George said he was unhappy as the PDP lead­ership that took over after he left his position as deputy na­tional chairman messed up the party.

He added that Mu’azu’s ab­sence greatly contributed to the defeat of the PDP in that elec­tion as the party’s helmsman who was supposed to work tirelessly for PDP’s victory ab­sconded a day to the presiden­tial election.

“Look at Adamu Mu’azu that messed up and ran away the day before 2015 presidential election. History must be told. We must tell the people so that such mistake must never be repeated.

“They made you national chairman and a day before presidential election, you said your wife was in the theatre and you ran away.

“He said ‘my wife was sick Sir, I have to go! I have to go!’ That was how he left the coun­try a day before an important election. National chairman of a party leaving the country a day before the presidential election?

“When the General that was expected to lead a war absconded, what will happen to the morale of the troops? Mu’azu didn’t stay to do the 2015 presidential election be­tween Jonathan and Buhari. He fled Nigeria a day to the election. He is now back in PDP ask him if I lied”, the PDP chieftain said.

Going back memory lane, George also carpeted Uche Secondus, suspended national chairman of the PDP, over his claim that he (Secondus) as act­ing national chairman was se­nior to George, whose highest ranking position in PDP was deputy national chairman.

He said he brought Secon­dus from Rivers PDP to the na­tional secretariat of the party after he lobbied late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Emmanuel Uduaghan, former Delta State governor, to make him the party’s national organ­ising secretary.

“He (Secondus) must have woken up from the wrong side of the bed. When I was depu­ty national chairman overall and Ahmadu Ali was national chairman, where was he? In age, education and class are we in the same group? He was a state chairman in Rivers. Ask him, who brought him to national level in PDP?

“During that period, I set up what they called G-84 members to stabilise our party. Secondus was state chairman of Rivers PDP and he was an active mem­ber of the G-84 of NEC. He has run out his time but they did so much and worked so hard for the party. I was quite impressed even though I didn’t know him from Adam. At the end of the day, they had rezoned national organising secretary to Delta State and they zoned treasurer to Rivers State.

“He came to me and said ‘Sir, it is over for me in Rivers as state chairman. I have spent eight years already and I want you to assist me in becoming the national organising secre­tary’. Remember, I told you the position was zoned to Delta and not Rivers State. I said okay, let me talk to the then governor of Delta State (Emmanuel Uduaghan).

“So, I discussed with Udu­aghan if it was acceptable to him to swap the position in or­der for the treasurer to move to Delta and organising secretary to Rivers. The issue then was that the treasurer must be an accountant and Secondus is not an accountant. There is no way he could have come to the national headquarters. So, I discussed the issue with the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua that we should en­courage some of these peo­ple, like Secondus who have worked so hard for the party.

“If the Delta State governor will accept us to swap treasur­er from Rivers to Delta and national organising secretary from Delta to Rivers. After I presented my reasons, they accepted. I then went to the governor of Delta and I said, ‘Your Excellency, you owe me one thing’. He said, ‘Oga, any­thing!’ When I presented the matter to him, he said, ‘Oh my God!’ But he still accepted and said Delta will present somebody as treasurer and so national organising secretary can go to Rivers. Uduaghan is still alive. You can ask him what I just said.

“That was how Secondus got to the national headquar­ters of PDP. So, how can he compare me and him? Look at the way they mismanaged the party and the mess they creat­ed. When I wanted to contest for PDP national chairman in 2017 and he said he was also contesting, I told him Secon­dus, I wanted something and you also said you wanted the same thing? I got infuriated and said what kind of insult is this? He said because he was acting national chairman, he is senior to me in the party”.

George also reiterated his earlier position that he is quit­ting partisan politics after 2023 presidential election.

“The only thing that will liberate us is consistency, re­spect for the rule of law, justice, fairness and equity. If we don’t abide by these principles, we can’t make any meaningful progress.

“I have told everybody who cares to listen that by 2023, I would have spent 25 years in this party and I’ve spent 25 years in the Navy. If you add that, that is 50 years of my life in the service of this country. I have had enough.

“I will continue as an el­der statesman but I will not do partisan politics anymore. All I am looking for is that we should have good, committed, loyal and consistent managers not a bunch of decrepit jokers who will think that they are go­ing there to enrich themselves and fan the embers of disunity. Enough of that!

Efforts made by our cor­respondent to reach Mu’azu and Secondus proved abortive as calls and messages sent to their mobile phones were not responded to as at the time of going to press.

https://independent.ng/ex-pdp-chair-muazu-fled-nigeria-day-before-2015-presidential-poll-george/

The big names involve in this post are all useless to majority Nigerians

So unfortunate. GEJ spent the better part of his presidency building Almajiri schools and developing the North, yet they ended up betraying him

After doing dirty underground damages against GEJ he absconded. Well, both APC and PDP and all politicians in NIGERIA are criminals and USELESS.

The same Muazu is back to PDP now and they welcome him with dancing. Smh for this country

PointZerom:

After doing dirty underground damages against GEJ he absconded. Well, both APC and PDP and all politicians in NIGERIA are criminals and USELESS.

nairavsdollars:
The same Muazu is back to PDP now and they welcome him with dancing. Smh for this country

Your politicians are more useless than the first excreta of Robert Mugabe.

2015 was an election the north planned with the West to oust Jonathan. Nothing Jonathan could have done would have resulted in anything different. Even PDP members betrayed him while he was there laughing sheepishly. Nigerians are suffering today because Jonathan had no spine.

And so? Will this post make the price of cooking gas lesser than #400/KG?

All these people should stop talking of six years ago.

The zoo is irredeemable.

He had already seen the hand writing on the wall and there was nothing he could do.

Hmmm,,I remember during d 2015 campaign in Edo state when good luck wife was throwing jabs at d northern leaders,, telling them how they were giving birth to children they can't train...''them go dey born born".. Adamu muazu was on d podium with her,,and been product of almajiri..If u see his face that day ehn? E be like say make e strangle patience Jonathan..Since that day,,d man became anti Jonathan..

He saved himself from the shame of buhari's govt

bolaayenimo:
By Temidayo Akinsuyi
“Look at Adamu Mu’azu that messed up and ran away the day before 2015 presidential election. History must be told. We must tell the people so that such mistake must never be repeated.

“They made you national chairman and a day before presidential election, you said your wife was in the theatre and you ran away.

“He said ‘my wife was sick Sir, I have to go! I have to go!’ That was how he left the coun­try a day before an important election. National chairman of a party leaving the country a day before the presidential election?

https://independent.ng/ex-pdp-chair-muazu-fled-nigeria-day-before-2015-presidential-poll-george/

Nobody holy pass! You are all one and the same!

If Bode George to had done better when he was there, Nigeria would be a step better

Holly Gram real matters. WTF MAN

Chief Bode George should think deeply about his age and relax. He shouldn't the endless pursuit of free money end his life.

And so?

And as selfish as you are.....you didn't consider his sick wife.

Stupid Election...... Nonsense Election to the detriment of his sick wife.

Good morning Fellow Africans, may your today be filled with blessings.

And be a blessing to others as well.

My advice to PDP is that they should put their house in order

Muazu was a mole in PDP

Just forgive and but never forget in politics

When is Bode George going to win Lagos state for PDP, as a political iroko that he is?

George is one of the problems of the party, but not as bad as the northerners that betrayed it in 2015.
The biggest mugu of 2015 was GEJ sha. Man was busy empowering his enemies with oil and fire with which to roast him. I don't think he has learnt anything going by his antecedents.

Ok

hisexcellency34:
So unfortunate. GEJ spent the better part of his presidency building Almajiri schools and developing the North, yet they ended up betraying him

can you show us any almajiri school gej built and how many development he brought to the north during his tenure? you guys are living in delusional and fake Imaginary world down south. always dishing out fake stats and stories when it involves the North even when you know this country as a whole has no proper track records of her entire citizens. no one betrayed Gej. he was incompetent and the Nigerian people voted him out. even if the present government doesn't deliver its promises we still have another chance to make things right in the next election.

Which sick wife? The man only concocted the lie to japa

Wantedmiller:
And as selfish as you are.....you didn't consider his sick wife.

Stupid Election...... Nonsense Election to the detriment of his sick wife.

Traitor. The internet never forgets

tujays:
can you show us any almajiri school gej built and how many development he brought to the north during his tenure? you guys are living in delusional and fake Imaginary world down south. always dishing out fake stats and stories when it involves the North even when you know this country as a whole has no proper track records of her entire citizens. no one betrayed Gej. he was incompetent and the Nigerian people voted him out. even if the present government doesn't deliver its promises we still have another chance to make things right in the next election.

Okay

tujays:
can you show us any almajiri school gej built and how many development he brought to the north during his tenure? you guys are living in delusional and fake Imaginary world down south. always dishing out fake stats and stories when it involves the North even when you know this country as a whole has no proper track records of her entire citizens. no one betrayed Gej. he was incompetent and the Nigerian people voted him out. even if the present government doesn't deliver its promises we still have another chance to make things right in the next election.

I also don't believe in apportioning blames. What matters to me is the way forward. The kind of leaders warming up to take over from Buhari, killing people and doing all sorts blackmailing and dirty jobs will be 1000 times worse than him but we are busy blaming each other for a mistake that is about to repeat itself because of ethnicity.

hisexcellency34:
So unfortunate. GEJ spent the better part of his presidency building Almajiri schools and developing the North, yet they ended up betraying him

How much is the cost of building Almajiri school which you guys always talked about. Its an initiative funded by government which is expected to continue by any preceding government irrespective of party but the idea of Almajiri school was not welcome in the north.