Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),
Chief Olabode George, has hailed the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as
Senate President.
George, who spoke in London, said Saraki’s emergence is an indication that
the former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, “is five minutes to his
political sunset”. To the PDP chieftain, Saraki’s election and that of the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, “has proved
that national politics is better than zonal politics.”
“Since 1999, the PDP is known for playing national politics and we will
continue to do just that, whether we are in the opposition or not. “The
APC is a congregation of strange bed fellows and Tinubu erroneously still
thinks that his party will continue to play the type of politics of
imposition he is playing in Lagos.
“As the ruling party at the national level, the game has changed. Tinubu
is yet to wake from his politics of imposition. He should quickly realise
now that it is five minutes to his political sunset.
“What happened in Abuja today (yesterday) is a welcome development for
national and rational politics. Tinubu and his fellow dreamers have zoned
themselves to total irrelevance. This is a sign of more things to come.”