{"id":45345,"date":"2024-08-25T10:30:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=45345"},"modified":"2024-08-25T10:30:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T10:30:39","slug":"imprudent-talk-atikus-aide-blasts-bode-george-over-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/25\/imprudent-talk-atikus-aide-blasts-bode-george-over-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Imprudent Talk&#8221;: Atiku\u2019s Aide Blasts Bode George Over Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Paul Ibe, media adviser to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, has strongly refuted recent statements made by Bode George, a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a fiery response posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) page on Saturday, August 24, Ibe criticized George\u2019s &#8220;imprudent talk&#8221; and defended Atiku&#8217;s leadership potential, arguing that if Atiku had been elected president in 2023, Nigeria would have entered an era of prosperity and stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Bode George had earlier claimed that Nigeria would have experienced turmoil if Atiku had become president, a statement that did not sit well with Ibe. He countered that under Atiku\u2019s leadership, Nigeria would have thrived, avoiding the &#8220;bigotry, nepotism, and brigandage&#8221; that, according to Ibe, now characterize the Bola Tinubu administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Ibe expressed disappointment in George, recalling that the Lagos PDP leader once vowed to leave the country should Tinubu come to power. Now, however, George remains conspicuously silent about the current administration\u2019s shortcomings. Ibe questioned George\u2019s sudden change in stance, suggesting it might be influenced by Atiku&#8217;s regional background. &#8220;Is Bode\u2019s reticence because Atiku is not from his region? It is prudent to consider Bode\u2019s opinions with caution,&#8221; Ibe remarked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';\">Further intensifying his criticism, Ibe accused George of betraying the values of the military, an institution that he claimed is esteemed for its unity. He argued that George\u2019s behavior, marked by tribalistic undertones, is a &#8220;disservice&#8221; to the military and &#8220;a source of shame for the armed forces to have such a figure in their ranks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Ibe, media adviser to former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, has strongly refuted recent statements made by Bode George, a prominent chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In a fiery response posted on his verified X (formerly Twitter) page on Saturday, August 24, Ibe criticized George\u2019s &#8220;imprudent talk&#8221; and defended Atiku&#8217;s leadership potential, arguing that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":22652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-45345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45345"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45346,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45345\/revisions\/45346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}