Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State has recommended Chief Olabode George for suspension over his alleged anti-party spanning two decades.
Bode George, a Board of Trustees member of the National Working Committee of the party was voted for suspension for deliberately causing disaffection within the party that led to the party losing power in Lagos State.
Also, a PDP chieftain and former Chairman of the party in the state, Otunba Segun Adewale, has affirmed his membership and loyalty to the party.
Adewale, popularly known as Aeroland, stated this in a statement he signed and sent to PUNCH Online on Tuesday in Lagos.
Reacting to his alleged suspension from the PDP, he stated that he had never been suspended by any leader in the party, adding that the rumours of his suspension were spread by mischief makers.
He described the recent attempt to suspend him through the Alimosho Local Government chapter of the party as a diversionary move fueled by PDP BoT member Chief Olabode George so as to debar further enquiry about how he (Bode George) had allegedly trade-off the party’s political fortune over the years.
According to Adewale, a general assembly meeting of Alimosho PDP led by the acting chairman, Mrs. Esther Adeyemi, was held on June 15, 2024, to review recent happenings in the party.
At a meeting of Alimosho PDP, Adeyemi, said, “There is no crisis in Alimosho PDP and that Otunba Segun Adewale (Aeroland) has no problem with anyone except those conniving with those who worked against the party in the last election.
“That Chief Olabode George’s attempt to instigate crisis in the party by using associates of Segun Adewale to attack him is highly condemnable.
“Chief Olabode George has done severe damage to the reputation and efforts of the party and well-meaning members of the party through his anti-party activities spanning over two decades,” said the party.
The party, however, noted that the purported suspension of Segun Adewale on the instruction of Bode George by a few excos in Alimosho was illegal.
“The suspension of a member of the party can only be done at the ward level; the suspended exco members have no powers to suspend any member of the party because they are technically not members of the party while they are on suspension.”
PDP members expressed the loss of confidence in the leadership of Olabode George and passed a vote of no confidence on him, and the assembly moved that the party should suspend Olabode George for his anti-party activities having caused irreparable damage to the fortunes of the party in the past.
The statement further added, “The purported suspension of Segun Adewale on the instruction of Bode George by a few excos in Alimosho is illegal for the following reasons: 1. The suspension of a member of the party can only be done at the ward level. 2. The suspended exco members have no power to suspend any member of the party because they are technically not members of the party while they are on suspension.
“Members of the assembly have lost confidence in the leadership of Chief Olabode George and therefore passed a vote of no confidence on him. The assembly moved that the party should suspend Chief Olabode George for his anti-party activities, having caused irreparable damage to the fortunes of the party in the past.
“The house unanimously passed a vote of no confidence on Chief Olabode George, and it was forwarded to the party to suspend him. The assembly noted that despite the pending court case for the party to suspend him for his anti-party activities, the resolution was a genuine ground to suspend him immediately.”
The meeting was attended by ward chairmen, LG excos and stalwarts of the party in the state.
Adewale said unless these leaders changed their ways, it would be difficult for PDP to defeat the ruling APC in the state.
“How Lagos PDP leadership mismanage election funds each election year will not allow the party to win elections in the state. This happens every election year.
“It happens every four years. One of the 2023 general elections was higher.
“Out of all the money released to Lagos PDP to prosecute the 2023 election, less than 50 per cent got to the state and the party foot soldiers”, he said.
