'If Tinubu wins I will leave Nigeria' - Bode George withdraws statement after Supreme Court verdict

Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has retracts his plan to leave Nigeria should President Bola Tinubu be affirmed as the winner.

Recall that the former deputy chairman of the PDP vowed to relocate out of Nigeria should the Supreme Court upheld Tinubu's victory.

President Tinubu was however, declared winner by the seven-men panel of the apex court.

The court on Thursday, October 26, dismissed the appeal filed by his opponents Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Labour Party.

As the apex court affirm Tinubu's victory, Bode George has now ruled out any plan to go on a self-exile.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust, George explained that he was speaking in parables as he has no plans to leave Nigeria despite Tinubu's victory.

He said;

"I was talking in parables. This will be my 25th year in politics. I also spent 25 years in the military," the PDP chieftain said.

"I am getting close to 80 now, so what am I looking for but to go and live where I can take a walk without looking back and forth to see who is running after me, where I can live in peace until the Almighty God calls my flight."

When asked if there was a possibility of him reconciling with Tinubu-led administration, George said:

"The interesting thing is that he is my friend; that’s exactly his prayer to me. I have worked with five presidents in this country, so I don’t need any more job from anybody."