Atiku’s defection: Other APC members to follow – George

The defection of the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may just be the beginning of bigwigs return to the former ruling party.
The party’s National Chairmanship aspirant, Chief Bode George, said this yesterday at the PDP Katsina State headquarters.
Bode said members of the party who had initially defected to the APC are likely to return in droves because they are being isolated by the strange policies of the APC.
Speaking on the exit of Atiku from the APC he said: “The fact is I told them not only him but there are still many more who are founding fathers that when your house is leaking, do you abandon your house and go and be a tenant? “You will repair and stay in the house because you are a landlord.
“Because ones you are a tenant anywhere, the landlord can kick you out anytime. So he is trying to come back home, the home they all built, the home which they were the foundation fathers of this party. Don’t jump from frying pan to fire. There is still so many to come.
“APC is a contraption, it is a party that is what you call a congregation of strange bird fellows, not like PDP. PDP is a solid party with a very dip tap root in the heart of this country. I have transverse everywhere, every nook and crannies, you will find this party. Not like this one (APC). And it bears the full emblem and colours of Nigeria,” he said.
Chief Bode George continued when he said the party is a crossroad and can’t afford to fail in it December 9th party convention towards wrestling power from the ruling APC in 2019.
George, who in Katsina as part of his campaign ahead of the December 9 national convention, said the PDP is like a ship in distress at the sea and needs to be stabilize and then launch attack.
“I liken it to a ship at sea, if a ship is in distress, do you go and look for bambino, untested hands, somebody who has never worked in any management level of the party. You need a tested and trusted hand. You need that experience to take that ship on stage. First, stabilize the ship and then you can launch your attack.
“Every Nigerian must have that semblance of being a member and proud to be a member, not a group of people. It was not meant for that. And that is why this convention is very very important. We must get it right. Don’t short change anybody,” Bode George however cautions,” he said.