A former Deputy National Chairman of PDP, Chief Bode George, has said that National Leader of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu lacks presidential traits.
The Lagos PDP chieftain stated this while reacting to Tinubu’s rumoured 2023 presidential ambition.
Reacting to Tinubu’s rumoured interest in the presidency, George said, “Well, it is his personal decision (to run).
“For me, I don’t think he has that character — that is my personal belief. I’m not God, but this nation needs a God-fearing, committed, dedicated, selfless human being to be the President of the country.
“As I said, it is my own opinion, but he cannot wear that cap.”
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George noted that those backing Tinubu for the presidency were lying to themselves.
“Those people need to re-examine themselves. They could be lying to themselves. He (Tinubu) ran this state for eight years and he has continued to surreptitiously control the state. No, he doesn’t have them (the traits). I cannot deceive myself. Talking about the head of this nation? Look at his antecedents.
“Just mention Alpha-Beta alone, what is behind that Alpha-Beta? And everybody is pretending that they don’t know? Who set it up? Who got all those people in the House of Assembly to approve the bill? Have those people working in Lagos Internal Revenue Service disappeared or what? What is good is good and what is bad is bad. Never have I heard anywhere in a civilised world where somebody will set up a company to be collecting the revenue on behalf of the government and they pay first to the account of that company before they remit the money to the government coffers. What could be more criminal in nature than that?
“I look at the future of my state, it is bleak. But of course, after the Federal Government’s debt profile, Lagos State is next. What’s going on in this country that you cannot tell the truth to power?” the former Military Governor of Ondo queried.