"Voice of Jacob, Hand of Esau": Bode George Accuses Tinubu of Using Nyesom Wike to Decimate Opposition Ahead of 2027

PDP elder statesman Bode George accuses President Tinubu of backing Nyesom Wike to destroy the PDP and prevent opposition in 2027. Claims Wike was expelled in 2025.

By: AXL Media

Published: Mar 30, 2026, 4:18 AM EDT

Source: The information in this article was sourced from Naija News

Allegations of State-Sponsored Political Destabilization

In a high-stakes media briefing in Lagos, elder statesman Chief Olabode George has raised an alarm over what he describes as a systemic attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency to dismantle the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). George characterized the current friction within the opposition as an artificial crisis orchestrated by FCT Minister Nyesom Wike with the implicit blessing of President Bola Tinubu. According to George, the Presidency is manipulating state institutions, including INEC and the security apparatus, to provide Wike with a platform to "intimidate" Nigerians and fracture the opposition landscape.

Wike’s Expulsion and the Factional Narrative

A central point of George’s argument is the claim that Nyesom Wike is no longer a legitimate member of the PDP. He revealed that the FCT Minister was officially expelled during the party's convention in Ibadan in November 2025, alongside several other figures. Consequently, George dismissed Wike’s claims of leading a "faction" of the party as a legal impossibility and a political fiction. He warned that allowing an expelled member to continue acting as a party leader under the protection of federal power is a dangerous precedent that mimics the "arrant nonsense" of past failed republics.

Historical Warnings for the Tinubu Administration

Drawing parallels to the 1962 crisis in the Western Region and the fall of the First Republic, George cautioned President Tinubu against becoming a "bad student of history." He noted that while the President may currently find satisfaction in Wike’s aggressive tactics against political enemies, the ultimate "cross" of any resulting national instability will be borne by the President alone. George invoked the biblical analogy of the "voice of Jacob and the hand of Esau" to describe Wike’s actions as being directed by a higher power within the Aso Rock Villa.