PDP, Tinubu Architects Of My Downfall- Bode George

The former Deputy National Chairman, , south west, of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Bode George has blamed his party and leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of spearheading the alleged political witch hunt that landed him in jail.

Speaking to Channels Television’s Political Correspondent, Seun Okinbaloye, Mr George blamed “people within my party” who “were of it, to make sure that Bode George was out of their equation”.

He further noted that his party members collaborated with their “greatest political enemy, Bola Tinubu” to achieve their aim.

Speaking further, Mr George noted that the political events showed that the south west region of the country is the “greatest hell” adding that he had “always told people” how “this fellow in Lagos state” has “plundered the finances of Lagos; how he has completely mismanaged the assets that have been given to us by those who built Lagos state”.

He noted that being on different political divides, it was impossible for “his (Tinubu’s cohorts) to try him” adding that “when we started (the fraud case), he (Justice Oyewole) looked fair”.

Vindicating himself of any wrong doing, Mr George insisted that the memo was not written by him revealing that “the experts went to the market and did their survey” before it was “looked at by the management and then presented to the board”.

He also denied any operational knowledge of the companies that benefited from the contract adding that now that “I am vindicated, I am ready to help rescue my party from the crisis, especially in the south west region”, dismissing any form of threats from the opposition APC may pose ahead of the election next year

Mr George and other board members of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), were convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice Oyewole of a Lagos High Court for contract splitting.

However, more than three years after serving a two-year jail term in Kirikiri Maximum Prison, the Supreme Court in Abuja reversed the conviction of Mr George.

The judges of the apex court, headed by Afolabi Fabiyi, in their judgment, ruled that the charges of contract splitting, on which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arraigned and secured his conviction was unknown to the law of the land.