Chief Bode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his decision to leave Nigeria for a choice location abroad should Bola Tinubu win the presidential election has not changed.
Tinubu was declared the winner of the February 25 presidential election.
Speaking during a monitored interview on Channels Television on Monday, George said it is his inalienable right to live anywhere he chooses to reside in the world.
He said he can relocate to Nigeria’s West African neighbors like Ghana, Cotonou in Benin Republic, and Lome in Togo if he isn’t satisfied with the incoming administration of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu.
George, however, said that the process is not complete yet as the outcome of the election is still being contested in court.
Asked on Monday whether he still nursed the thoughts of going into exile, George said, “I didn’t hide my feelings: I said if this fellow (Tinubu) becomes the President, I will lose my interest politically.
“I have the right as a Nigerian to live anywhere I want. And I am saying it publicly that I am ready to retire from partisan politics. This is my own personal conviction that they don’t have the capacity, the ability to run this nation.
“I am not a young man anymore. If I am not satisfied with the way things are going, I have a right to go and stay anywhere I want to live for the rest of my life and play with my children and grandchildren.”
The PDP chieftain said he is not concerned about himself but bothered about young people. He lamented that President Muhammadu Buhari did not fulfill his promise to leave a legacy of free and fair elections, saying that the electoral umpire did not translate the results of the February 25 poll electronically as promised.
“I haven’t committed any offense that can debar me. I can go to Lome to live. I can go to go Cotonou. I can go to Ghana. I can even go to Iceland. I can go anywhere I want. With my green passport and my credibility and worthiness, I can live anywhere. I am just bothered about the younger generation,” he said.
