Tinubu and Bisi Akande sold the Yorubas - Bode George

                          

Former PDP Chairman Chief Bode George has lashed out at Bola Tinubu the National Leader of All Progressive Congress,APC and Bisi Akande former Interim Chairman of the APC for playing a politics that Marginalized the Yorubas in the Buhari's Administration.

He said the South West will be sidelined in the next four years because the Yorubas in the APC did not plan well before forming an alliance with the North .Buhari has made 9 appointment so far and 8 are from the North.

Bode said that Both men did not learn from History,particularly of Awolowo, who stayed in opposition all through due to his interest for the Yorubas.
although Akande is able to realise recently and said the crisis in the NASS is sponsored by some Northern Elements which is directed against the South West.

 “Most northern elite, the Nigerian oil subsidy barons and other business cartels, who never liked Buhari’s anti-corruption stance, are quickly backing the rebellion against the APC with strong support.
“While other position seekers are waiting in the wings until Buhari’s ministers are announced, a large section of the South-West sees the rebellion as a conspiracy of the North against the Yoruba.” Akande said.
Bode George pointed out that Bisi Akande and Bola Tinubu statement about the NASS leadership sparked the crisis rocking the APC..that due to Nigerian Diversity,zoning is unavoidable.Both men said that the Senate president and House of Rep speaker will not be zoned.

 He said, “They (Tinubu and Akande) were not cautious when they were forming their alliance. They did not understand the dynamics of national politics. They were just driven by greed. I am not saying that they should not have formed an alliance with the North but it should have been on equal basis.

“They have now been given a political circumcision. Awolowo wanted Yoruba to be equal partners with the North and not a second force. I said it that we have returned to the 1960 political era and Tinubu and Akande have been slapped. I predicted all these.

“They were not thinking of the Yoruba but their selfish interests and I have no sympathy for them. Chief Akande said he did not believe in zoning and I knew that he did not know what he was talking about.

“Zoning gives everybody, including the minorities, a sense of belonging but Akande threw zoning of out the window and that move has backfired.”

When confronted with the fact that the South-West still holds the position of vice-president which is the number two citizen in the country, George said the position of vice-president was not an influential position.

“Go and read our constitution, there is no defined job for the vice-president. He only heads the Economic Council and is directed by the President. Let all Yoruba wake up now. You don’t enter into a coalition without deep thinking,” he said.