Bode George tackles OBJ over utterances

Former national deputy chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has counseled former President Olusegun Obasanjo to take it easy and emulate his counterpart elder statesmen like Alhaji Shehu Shagari, Generals Yakubu Gowon, Ibrahim Babangida, Abdulsalami Abubakar, in both words and deeds. George gave the advice on Saturday at his Ikoyi residence while speaking with newsmen on issues of national interest. It will be recalled that Obasanjo was reported to have said that he could secure the release of the over 200 abducted schoolgirls by the Boko Haram sect. “Only Baba (Obasanjo) can hear and understand the kind of music he is dancing to,” George said, even as he quickly cautioned that the former president should take it easy as an elder statesman. According to the PDP chieftain, as a Yoruba, Obasanjo should also maintain and continue to play an elder’s role no matter the level of provocation, saying there was no need to be getting deeply involved in many of the political issues in the country. While admitting that he could still involve himself in some national issues, George said it was better that those issues were brought to him for his wise counsel as done by his counterpart former presidents and heads of state. Speaking on the ongoing controversial pension being paid to former governors in the country, he declared that his party would cancel it once elected into power in Lagos State.