2023: Bode George to resign from politics after governorship election

Following the declaration of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s President-elect, a founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has promised to retire from partisan politics on Thursday.

According to him, he would retire from active politics after the governorship election on March 11.

Speaking in Arise News on Thursday, George lamented over the presidential election that produced Tinubu.

The PDP chieftain accused the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu of not living up to his promises of ensuring a free and fair election.

George caution Yakubu to allow the will of the people to prevail during the governorship election.

“I have decided to retire from partisan politics after the governorship election, and I can decide to go and live anywhere. I want a peaceful life for myself.

“I know this fellow (Tinubu), he’s not for Nigerians. If he had gone through the process, I would have congratulated him. You can’t go through darkness to get to light. I can go and live anywhere, it can be Ghana, Togo, or still remain in Nigeria.”