Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Bode George, has debunked speculations that the party has collapsed in Lagos.


George stated this while speaking with journalists after a PDP stakeholders’ meeting in Lagos, likening the party’s structure in Lagos and Nigeria to the root of an Iroko or Lebanon oak tree.


Reports have it that some Lagos PDP chieftains, including the 2023 governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran Jandor, and spokesman, Hakeem Amode, have defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC


According to the defectors, the PDP’s structure had collapsed into the ruling party—a claim George described as “nonsensical” and firmly rejected.


The elder statesman further stated that all organizations face challenging moments, but the PDP would endure because its roots are very deep and firmly established across the nation.