{"id":22985,"date":"2025-03-22T08:52:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22985"},"modified":"2025-03-22T08:52:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T08:52:32","slug":"bode-george-slams-el-rufai-atiku-obi-over-mega-party-plan-says-motive-is-driven-by-selfish-ambitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=22985","title":{"rendered":"Bode George Slams El-Rufai, Atiku, Obi Over Mega Party Plan, Says Motive Is Driven by Selfish Ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Former <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Deputy National Chairman<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> of the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Chief Bode George<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, has criticized the proposed formation of a <\/span><span class=\"s1\">mega opposition party<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> ahead of the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">2027 general election<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, dismissing it as a move driven by personal ambition rather than national interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Speaking on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Arise Television<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Friday, March 21, 2025<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, George took aim at <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Peter Obi, Atiku Abubakar<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, and other politicians advocating for the coalition. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He argued that the push for a new party is not a genuine effort to address Nigeria\u2019s political challenges but rather a strategic move by individuals who are eager to fulfill their presidential aspirations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">George also expressed concerns about the future of the PDP, warning that the party should not collapse its structure due to internal disputes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">He cautioned that those pursuing the coalition are making a \u201cmonumental mistake\u201d and are \u201cdancing on the graves of our founding fathers.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">His comments come as El-Rufai, a former <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Kaduna State governor<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, works to reposition the <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Social Democratic Party (SDP)<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> as a formidable challenger to the ruling <\/span><span class=\"s1\">All Progressives Congress (APC)<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, seeking to rally opposition heavyweights to his side.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has criticized the proposed formation of a mega opposition party ahead of the 2027 general election, dismissing it as a move driven by personal ambition rather than national interest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[125,2722,4066,10423,9366,10424],"class_list":["post-22985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-atiku","tag-bode-george","tag-el-rufai","tag-mega-party-plan","tag-obi","tag-selfish-ambitions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22986,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22985\/revisions\/22986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}