Ali Modu Sheriff's Victory: It's a Dark Day for Democracy - Bode George Reacts

Posted by George on Sat 18th Feb, 2017 - tori.ng

One of the influential political heavyweights in the PDP, Bode George has expressed his displeasure about the victory of Ali Modu Sheriff at the appellate court.

Bode George

A former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George has picked holes in the Court of Appeal verdict that authenticated Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the party’s national chairman, according to the Vanguard.

The PDP leader described the judgement as a bad day for the nation’s democracy. Addressing newsmen, yesterday in Lagos, Chief George expressed displeasure over the judgement saying “we cannot afford to ride another dark period in the democratic history of the country, it was a bad decision.”

He said: “I was shocked, I think the word shock is minimal, it is worse than being shocked. My immediate conclusion is that this is the voice of Jacob and the hands of Esau.

"For our National Convention, from what we were told was set aside. The National Convention decision set aside. Well, I leave that to the pundits, political pundits to analyse that, but for whatever it is, it is a very bad day for democracy. It is very sad day.

“The party that was in government, very well established, that is even called most populous political party in the whole of Africa, being decimated, being reduced to Sheriff as the chief manager. He just came to the party, democracy is not about one party-state or one-party man, democracy is about aligning all voices, majority, minority to have a say and I am still very sad. I am not young any more and am still not that old and I expected at this time, the nation would be close to the first line of developed country.”

Decrying that there is a grand plan to muzzle the opposition in the country, he said “this is nothing but a complete muzzling of majority decision, we will await the full decision of the court, we would also await the decision of other managers of the party from Abuja, but if nothing can be seen clearly or be decided in positive manner in nearest future, I cannot see myself playing any political role, I don’t deceive myself. My spirit has never been this low as it is today. I am talking personally for myself, whither Nigeria, where do we go from here? A lot of people expected a vibrant opposition, now they have taken the opposition vibrancy to be an appendage to the ruling party. I cry for our beloved country.”