Chief Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his decision to leave Nigeria for a choice location abroad should Bola Tinubu win the presidential election has not changed.<\/p>\n
Tinubu was declared the winner of the February 25 presidential election.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a monitored interview on Channels Television on Monday, George said it is his inalienable right to live anywhere he chooses to reside in the world.<\/p>\n
If he is dissatisfied with the incoming administration of President-elect Bola Tinubu, he can relocate to Nigeria’s West African neighbours such as Ghana, Cotonou in Benin Republic, or Lome in Togo, he said.<\/p>\n
George, however, warned that the process is not complete yet as the conclusion of the election is still being questioned in court.<\/p>\n
Asked on Monday whether he still nursed the thoughts of going on exile, George said, \u201cI didn\u2019t hide my feelings: I said if this fellow (Tinubu) becomes the President, I will lose my interest politically.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have the right as a Nigerian to live anywhere I want. I am also announcing publicly that I am prepared to leave partisan politics. This is my own personally conviction that they don\u2019t have the capacity, the ability to run this nation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not a young man anymore. If I am not content with the way things are going, I have a right to travel and stay anywhere I choose to live for the rest of my life and play with my children and grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PDP chieftain said he is not concerned about himself but bothered about young people. He lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari did not fulfil his promise to leave a legacy of free and fair elections, saying that the electoral umpire did not translate the results of the February 25 poll electronically as promised.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t committed any offence that can debar me. I can go to Lome to live. I can go to go Cotonou. I can go to Ghana. I can even go to Iceland. I can go to anywhere I want. I can live anywhere with my green passport and my credibility and worthiness. “I am concerned about the younger generation,” he stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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