Democratic Party (PDP) visited the State House in Abuja last night to seek the
intervention of President Jonathan in the crisis plaguing the party in the
zone.
George, who led the delegation, told State House correspondents that they came
to alert the president that “political termites” had infiltrated the PDP. He
said they decided to meet the president so that the party’s structure in the
zone would not be destroyed. He added that they discussed the issue of the
national secretary of the party.
“The issue of the party’s national secretary is the essence of the meeting,
coming to the Supreme Court here of the party. That means it is a serious
business, but we are all happy that all is well that ends well,” he said.
“If termites enter your house, you don’t run out to go and be a tenant
elsewhere, you must fight it and so we made the presentation of our complete
X-ray of the PDP situation in the southwest and I believe that the meeting was
very successful. I’m happy that we’re going to start looking in the same
direction at the end of this time.
“Talking about termites again, if you build a house, termites will come if
you’re not careful. But in our own game, in politics, when you get to this
stage, anything is possible in a political war.
“They can send people who are not friendly with you to come and pretend that
they’re your friends. Those are the termites I’m talking about. You don’t run
away from the termites inside your house and say you’ll be a tenant. You must
stay and make sure that the termites in your own house are caged.”
Members of the delegation included former Justice Minister Adetokunbo Kayode,
former Education Minister Professor Tunde Adeniran, Senator Iyiola Omisore,
Senator Musiliu Obani-koro, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, Chief Ebenezer Babatope,
Elder Wole Oyelese, Senators Hosea Agboola and Lekan Balogun.
