Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has issued a stern warning to the incoming Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against manipulating the 2027 presidential election.
George cautioned that Nigeria would be “heading for hell” if INEC fails to allow citizens freely choose their leader and instead imposes a president.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television, the PDP stalwart emphasized the importance of credibility in the 2027 polls, stressing that the survival of the country’s democracy depends on it.
“Firstly, I want to plead that the new chairman of INEC must come with a conscience. Because if you don’t allow Nigerians to decide and you impose, we are heading to hell. Let the will be decided by the people who they want. It is simple,” George said.
On speculations that former President Goodluck Jonathan may contest in 2027, George clarified that Jonathan’s fate would be determined at the PDP’s national convention.
According to him, the party has already resolved that its next presidential candidate must emerge from the South.
“Look, if you heard me at the beginning, I said the party has decided, the last meeting we had, that affirmatively, the next presidential candidate of the party must come from the South. Where is Jonathan from? Is he not from the South?
“We are not barring anybody else from the South to compete. And I said that in our party, we will go to the national convention where anybody from the South who wants to carry the flag of the PDP, they will compete,” he explained.
The remarks come as political conversations intensify ahead of the 2027 general elections, with opposition parties strategizing on how to challenge the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
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