PHOTOS: Bode George’s ally, Shodipe, pitches tent with Tinubu

Prince Uthman Shodipe, one of the major political associates of Chief Olabode George, the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has pitched his tent with Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

Tinubu, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and George are sworn enemies.

But in a dramatic turn of Tuesday, Shodipe visited Tinubu and pledged support.

The journalist turned politician had on Monday resigned his membership of the opposition PDP.

In the resignation letter titled ‘Time to move on’, Sodipe wrote: “I have served PDP for more than 17 years with selflessness, with determined resolve and dedication to party and leadership. I never once canvassed for any position or influence.  I did my duty with forbearance and with resolute sincerity without complaint, without a grudge, without pecuniary hovering,  without gains .

“For years, I slaved in the dark hours fruitlessly hoping for the bright days. It never happened.

“I endured the slings of envy and the arrows of animadversion. I braved the cruel idiocy of little men and  the crude purveyors of conspiracies with courageous mantle  of  God’s holy light.

“I spent millions of my personal fortunes to enhance and strengthen the viability of the Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos state and i equally  wrote hundreds of innumerable speeches and articles with vigorous public articulations.

“In the process I made a thousand and more enemies and basically endangered my life and that of my family members  simply because of my devotion to what i perceived to be the truth and the sacredness of the prevalent order.

“I even lost my immediate  junior brother , Prince Muis Adediran Shodipe -Dosunmu ,  who was then the State Secretary  , amid the terrible hours of fate. Yet , i kept the faith. I held my rudder true.   I shouldered the crucibles of life with quiet , uncomplaining solitude.

“But all beginnings must have an end . I have served my course in PDP. My  story is told. My journey is made. Now beckons a new journey.

“I must now part ways.  I must  now move to the other isle where merit is valued, where hardwork and ethical centrality are given a hearing, where excellence is cultivated with doting restlessness by the embrace of a pan – Nigerian leadership.

“At this moment and time , at this hour and instant, I therefore tender  my irrevocable  resignation as a member  of the  Peoples Democratic Party.”