When asked if Wike is working against PDP, he said: “That’s
exactly what I’m driving at. Wike and Atiku just didn’t get out in different
directions, something happened. And the party leaders must come down, do an
in-depth post-mortem analysis of what happened.”
Justifying Wike’s appointment in the APC-led government,
George said, “Once party A wins an election, it opens the door to say, ‘Let’s
have a united group.
“When Obasanjo won the election in 1999, he invited people
from ANPP, APGA, AD,” citing example with the late Chief Bola Ige who served as
the Attorney-General of the Federation while he was a member of the Alliance
for Democracy.
“We can’t just have a Berlin wall to say that once you’re a
member of this, you can’t serve there. The fact that you’re serving there doesn’t
mean you’ve left your party.
“According to Wike, he wrote a letter to serve in the APC
government. He still plays the music. How can he work against the PDP? I don’t
believe it,” George said, adding that “there are issues to be sorted out”.
“I just came back from Ibadan where we had an elders’
meeting in respect to discordant voices that are coming out from Ondo State.
People should get back to their various Local Governments and contribute their
quota.
“It’s unfair for committed members of the party to make such
assertions in public. Discipline is part of the management in any organisation.
What Pearse said isn’t correct,” he added.
