{"id":101943,"date":"2022-12-13T20:03:08","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=101943"},"modified":"2022-12-13T20:03:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:03:08","slug":"tinubu-not-a-lagos-indigene-bode-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/tinubu-not-a-lagos-indigene-bode-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Tinubu not a Lagos indigene \u2014 Bode George"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1752122989654373669\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former National Vice-Chairman (South-West zone) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has re-emphasised his belief about the roots of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nGeorge, who is also a former military governor of Ondo State, said on Tuesday in an interview on Arise TV\u2019s Morning Show that the APC candidate is not an indigene of Lagos State.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAccording to George, Tinubu has yet to prove his Lagos roots beyond reasonable doubt, having failed to produce any evidence to support his claim.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nGeorge said, \u201cTinubu is not from Lagos State. You can quote me. If he says he grew up in Isale-Eko, which school did you attend? I grew up on Evans Street in Lagos. 35 Evans Street was my grandfather\u2019s house. I went to the community school. I played football at the local stadium at Isale-Eko. That\u2019s how people knew me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the opposition party would be able to resolve its internal crisis before heading to next year\u2019s polls, George said the reconciliation would only happen if the party\u2019s hierarchy \u201cgives unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further stated that since the formation of the party almost 25 years ago, the North-Central, which currently holds the position of the national chairman, had predominantly occupied the position of the party\u2019s leadership.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former National Vice-Chairman (South-West zone) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has re-emphasised his belief about the roots of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC),&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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