Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has slammed EKiti state governor Ayodele Fayosefor saying that he would not support him (George) to become the national chairman of the party, Punch reports.

“Chief Bode George told me personally that he wanted to be the national chairman of the party, I told him no, that I won’t support him. With all due respect to the elderly people in this party, they must take the backstage. People are tired of seeing the same old faces again," Fayose had said on Sunday in an interview with PUNCH.

Reacting, Bode George said Fayose was opposing the interest of the South-West in the party, adding that his comments showed that he was an immature politician.

“Fayose spoke very immaturely during the interview. For him to have said that the founding fathers of the party should take the backstage in the party’s affairs was very disgusting and self-deceitful. I actually told him at an old meeting of the party that if the chairmanship of the PDP was zoned to the South-West, that I would show interest. He told me he had heard.

“Fayose is an ingrate because when the world was against him during his first term in office, God used me to give him support. I contributed N250,000 to purchase his campaign clothes. We must defend the interest of Yoruba because we have been sidelined in the party’s leadership for too long. Fayose and Senator Buruji Kashamu cannot continue to decide for the Yoruba people in the PDP.”

He also slammed Fayose for saying that PDP elders must take the backstage in the party’s affairs.