George made this remark while reacting to the insinuations that some elements within the APC are trying to wane Tinubu’s influence on the party at the national level which may as well spell danger for the Yoruba interest.

According to the former Nigeria Ports Authority boss, “Tinubu is not a selfless leader. All he has done is to remain in his cocoon in Lagos. What is his national value? He has become powerful and that was why he was able to determine who becomes governor and who emerges the speaker of the House of Assembly. He wanted to take that system to the national level but failed.

“What was he going to bring to the South-West? The PDP is still very strong in the South-West. If Tinubu thinks he has full control of the Yoruba race, then he is a joker and he doesn’t know the history of the Yoruba people.

“I am an irredentist Yoruba man and I have no apologies for that. In our culture, we are taught to only take that which belongs to us and not take another man’s property.

“Development started from the South-West. The first foremost pioneers in law, medicine, accounting, religion and even in women’s achievements were Yoruba.

“The first Senior Advocates of Nigeria and the first Anglican bishop were Yoruba, therefore nobody can lead the Yoruba blindly. I can tell you that even without Tinubu, the Yoruba cannot be marginalised or made to suffer,” he averred.

When told that the Yoruba’s were not in the scheme of things in President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, he said in the last parliament, Tinubu teamed up with the North-West and robbed the Yoruba people of the speakership position.

“He told his boys in the Action Congress of Nigeria to vote for Aminu Tambuwal and that was how Tambuwal became Speaker.

“Therefore, in the distribution of the topmost positions across the geopolitical zones, we did not have anything. Hence, Tinubu is drinking the soup that he prepared and that is what he deserves.

“The APC is a merger and Tinubu nominated the Vice-President and the national chairman and yet wants to pick the Speaker and the Senate President. Is Nigeria practising a dictatorship or a democracy?

“When we were screaming about the Tambuwal issue, Tinubu was rejoicing, he thought he was smart. He forgot the saying that what you do today will have consequences tomorrow. Must they always have their way?

“Haven’t they been manipulating the system all this while? Tinubu should not seek to make himself too powerful; if not, the APC will die the moment he dies.

“The party chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, is a seasoned economist and politician and has allowed himself to become Tinubu’s boy and follower. Tinubu is surrounded by those who cannot tell him the truth, including Akande,” he said.

However, recently, Babatunde Gbadamosi, a PDP governorship aspirant in Lagos state, accused the party’s leader, chief Bode George, of colluding with Bola Tinubu, to ensure the PDP’s defeat in Lago