Now I know how they plotted against me – Bode George

CHIEF Olabode George, former deputy national chairman, of the Peoples Democratic, PDP, in this interview in Lagos, opens up on the intrigues he claims that led to his imprisonment and on his relationship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo among other issues.
Excerpts:
How did your trial and imprisonment affect you?
Looking back, it was a trial that strengthened me. It exposed me to the awesomeness of the Almighty God. God told us in his word, the Holy Bible that He didn’t say we will not have trouble, but if you trust Him, He will be with you. I remember the first few days when we were convicted, I was shell-shocked.
Chief Olabode George
The initial reaction was being cheated as a soldier, and once someone does that to you, your adrenalin rises. Thank God I couldn’t get an AK 47 (there) and we eventually settled down, and my wife brought my usual prayer book
What were the circumstances that led to your imprisonment?
It was like a joke. It was like a huge joke. First of all, the management team (NPA) had some disagreement among themselves.
They were fighting. They came to report to me what was going on and I tried to intervene but the friction was getting bigger and I tried to report to the president (Obasanjo). I said ‘sir the management in NPA are having problem among themselves, I don’t know what to do’. He said I should tell the minister.
Thank God that minister is still alive today. So I reported to the minster that you need to intervene in this management friction. Eventually they set up a committee which found nothing to with the board or me. We were told that baba said they should do a forensic examination. And they did forensic investigation.
If you would remember, Ribadu when he was asked, said there was nothing. ‘That if you have any political problem with Bode George, you go and solve it with him, if you have any information you can come with it. It is systemic failure.’ Those were his words, ‘systemic failure.’ Nobody ever invited me for any question until, there was change in government.

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