{"id":168271,"date":"2025-07-04T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bode-george-criticizes-atiku-mark-and-others"},"modified":"2025-07-04T13:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T12:19:55","slug":"bode-george-criticizes-atiku-mark-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/bode-george-criticizes-atiku-mark-and-others","title":{"rendered":"Bode George Criticizes Atiku Mark and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has lambasted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and several other party chieftains involved in the opposition coalition formed under the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC.<\/p>\n<p>George made the remarks on Friday while featuring on Channels Television\u2019s Sunrise Daily programme.<\/p>\n<p>The elder statesman cautioned Atiku and other PDP members who have yet to formally renounce their membership of the party, despite aligning with the ADC coalition, that they cannot serve two masters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t serve two masters, as stated in the Holy Book. You either serve A or you serve B. But to say you are in A and B is a fallacy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The former military governor of Ondo State accused ADC Chairman David Mark and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of being among the architects of the crisis that has rocked the PDP.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the ADC coalition cannot become as formidable an opposition platform as the PDP because it lacks both strategy and concept.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is nothing but existential imbecility. Or sometimes what is called existential docility. What is it that they are all going there?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is your father\u2019s house. The house made you, brought you to the limelight. You gained every laurel and recognition from this same house. And because there is a little crisis, is leaving the cultural thing to do? No, you sit there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you have a house that is leaking, do you run out? No, you are the landlord. Do they have a concept? What is the strategy they have? That is a classless strategy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has lambasted former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and several other party chieftains involved in the opposition coalition formed under the platform of the African Democratic Congress, ADC. 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