Tinubu Secretly Begged Me Not To Leave Nigeria – Bode George

Bode George, ex-deputy national chair (south) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he would have left Nigeria if President Bola Tinubu did not send Femi Gbajabiamila after him.

In January 2022, after Tinubu announced his presidential bid, George threatened to flee Nigeria.

“I will move away from Nigeria. I’ll leave because he will be your representative in the international plane. Which investment will he bring here? I am not talking because I have any hatred for him,” he said.

“This is not the kind of person we can hand over this massive country to manage. He will be the greatest joke on the international plane. We should bother who should lead us.

“If by whatever chance he gets to the villa, I won’t be part of this country. And I am not joking. I can go to Ghana and be watching with binoculars from afar. You will see what will happen.”

It was the umpteenth time George had threatened to leave Nigeria for good in the event of a Tinubu presidency.

Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Wednesday, George said it took Gbajabiamila, the president’s chief of staff, to get him to change his mind.

“During the campaign period I stated it and I meant it; that if by whatever measure Bola Tinubu wins this election, I was going to get out,” he said.

“Once they heard that, Tinubu sent his chief of staff, who is my little brother from Lagos state, Femi Gbajabiamila, to appeal to me.

“He came to say: ‘my boss said I should tell you, please be calm’. They knew they had wronged me. They said they were sorry.”