Leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the South-West, Chief Bode George has submitted that the national leader of the former Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who is currently on a medical trip abroad, is suffering from ‘Affluenza’.
Addressing a Press Conference in Lagos on Friday, after a welcome rally held in his honour by the Lagos PDP, Chief Bode George described ‘Affluenza’ as “an incurable malady which makes the pathetic sufferer to pursue blind, greedy, desperate and infectious craving for acquisition after acquisition.”
According to Chief George, a sufferer of Affluenza “can never stop the craving for unnecessary endless accumulation of wealth. He does not know what is enough. He glorifies wealth in place of the Almighty God. This is the dreadful disease Tinubu is suffering from.”
He described Tinubu, who is currently one of the leaders of the newly-registered All Progressives Congress (APC), as “the man who stole the city hall”, and the real enemy of people of the South-West.
Said he, “The enemy is the Iragbiji upstart who seized the local government Secretariat at Glover street in Ikoyi. Our collective enemy is the greedy man who bought the old Nurses House, the Falomo shopping complex, the Lagos state Polytechnic property at Ojota, stretches of acres at Lekki, the old Strabag yard at Alausa, the innumerable beach front properties long owned by the people of Lagos state, the billion naira Queen’s Drive mansion, the illegal Lekki Toll Gate, the First Nation Airline, the strings of media conglomerates, the Vault and Garden Cemetery, the vast Estates on the shores of Oniru beach , the endless choice hotels and high-rises, the shopping Mall in Ikeja and Lekki, and many great assets of our people. This Iragbiji man has stolen with manic desperation. That is the real enemy we must chase back to Iragbiji.
“With all these crazy and bewildering acquisitions , it is obvious that this Iragbiji upstart suffers from a disease called AFFLUENZA.”
He warned “Fifth columnists” in the PDP, including some members of the Caretaker Committee of the party in the South-West, against “campaign of hate and malice and destruction,” adding “We will not allow them to drag us down again.”
He said “PDP will remain strong and firm. PDP will remain a party with a vision; we will remain a party with a purpose and a progressive mission.
“We will remain focused. We will remain united. We will continue to work very hard to dismantle the agents of Bola Tinubu from our midst and from all the nooks and crannies of the South West. That is our mission. That is our collective challenge.”
He appealed to PDP faithful to ensure that not a single member of the care-taker committee in the South-West is elected into office at the zonal and national congresses.
He said, “They have no business with selfless service. What they understand is: ‘Where is my own share!’ I will be shocked if any of them is even allowed to appear at the screening level! The should be showed the way out !
“We must elect God-fearing, well bred, devoted, capable, industrious, and intelligent men and women who will chase the opposition forces out of town. We must elect those who believe in honour, service and sacrifice. We must elect those who will not trade our mandate for a personal survival at Bourdillon.
“The real enemy is the opposition. We must uproot them from the South West whether they are called ACN or APC! Let us all uproot the enemies within. Enough of backbiting. Enough of saboteurs and their destructive reflexes. Enough of the hide and seek game.”
“We know who the enemy is. We know your game plan. You will not succeed. You will fail woefully. You will be consumed and destroyed by your own treachery. The words of the Lord are clear: “Do not fret because of evil men or be envious of those who do wrong; for like the grass they will soon wither, like green plant they will soon die away … A little while the wicked will be no more; though you look for them they will not be found.. but the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.”
Speaking earlier at the rally, state Chairman of the party, Tunji Shelle said the Lagos PDP has come with a winning machine, explaining that the party has the leadership and followership to win in 2015.
He dismissed the newly-formed APC as disorganised, and lacking credible leaders, adding that the PDP will win in at least 24 states of the federation in the 2015 election.
He criticised the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola for turning the state into one in which even the rich are complaining while the poor are completely devastated, and described the deportation of some Igbo residents of Lagos to the South-East as man’s inhumanity to man.
Shelle assured that between now and 2015, Nigerians will see their country transformed, such that they would be able to move conveniently by day and night, while a minimum of between 10 and 12 hours of electricity per day would be guaranteed.
According to him, the achievements of President Goodluck Jonathan between now and 2015 would speak for him, and he will be re-elected.
