Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has criticized party members participating in the newly formed opposition coalition under the African Democratic Congress (ADC), describing their actions as disloyal and destabilizing.
Appearing on Sunrise Daily on Channels Television on Friday, George warned that members like former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and ex-Senate President David Mark who remain card-carrying PDP members cannot simultaneously operate within the ADC platform.
“You can’t serve two masters, as stated in the Holy Book,” George said. “You either serve A or B. But to say you are in A and B is a fallacy.”
The PDP stalwart accused Atiku and Mark of being among the architects of the crisis that rocked the PDP during its last national convention. He referenced the contentious decision to field a northern presidential candidate in 2023, despite former President Buhari’s eight-year tenure, as the root of internal discontent.
“When we had the last convention, Buhari had completed two terms. Then Atiku wanted to run. We said no, a northerner had just finished. We had Peter Obi from the South. That was the beginning of the crisis,” he said, blaming the leadership of that convention — chaired by Mark with Iyorchia Ayu as party chairman — for ignoring zoning principles.
George expressed deep skepticism over the credibility and cohesion of the ADC-led coalition, dismissing it as lacking structure, vision, and strategy. “It is nothing but existential imbecility… What concept do they have? What strategy?” he asked. “This is your father’s house. Do you abandon a house because the roof is leaking, or do you fix it?”
The opposition coalition, unveiled in Abuja on July 2, has attracted high-profile politicians across party lines, including Peter Obi, Nasir El-Rufai, Rotimi Amaechi, Dino Melaye, and Dele Momodu. The coalition selected David Mark as interim National Chairman and Rauf Aregbesola as Secretary, with the ADC as its political platform to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s reelection bid in 2027.
George, however, believes the coalition’s foundation is flawed, arguing that many of its members are driven by ambition rather than principles. He urged loyal PDP members to remain within the party and work to resolve its internal challenges instead of engaging in what he described as political double-dealing.
