G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London

Governor Nyesom Wike and his allies, described as the G-5, on Monday jetted out of the country to the United Kingdom in order to ratify their endorsement of the presidential candidate of the La­bour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for the 2023 general elections, Igbere TV has learnt.

According to sources close to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) aggrieved gover­nors who spoke with Daily Independent on Tuesday, while in the United Kingdom, the five governors will strategise on what to do and how to ensure that their chosen presidential candidate wins the 2023 presidential election. ­

Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Okezie Ik­peazu (Abia State), Sam­uel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) have re­fused to support their par­ty’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, citing in­justice in the party.

They have been in the forefront for the removal of the PDP National Chair­man, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition to support the presidential candidate of the PDP, angling for a Southerner to take over from Ayu for regional bal­ance.

Governor Wike, by ex­tension the G-5, while in­augurating the Rumuok­wurusi- Elimgbu Flyover (10th flyover) in Rumuok­wurusi town, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, promised to unveil to Nigerians his preferred candidate for the presidency of the country in January.

Speaking with Daily In­dependent, on Tuesday, one of the sources privy to the meetings of the G-5, said that the UK meeting is to ratify their decision on the support of Peter Obi.

“The five governors trav­eled to the United Kingdom on Monday to strategise and take their final deci­sion on who to support ahead of the 2023 presi­dential election. The per­son they are supporting is Peter Obi,” the source said.

It would be recalled that while Wike had been telling his people in Rivers State that he would announce the presidential candidate they will support for the 2023 election, the direction of the G-5 was clearer on Christmas day when the Labour Party (LP) presi­dential candidate, Peter Obi, visited the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Benue State

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Posted: at 29-12-2022 03:13 PM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero

Makinde, Wike and Ortom are 3 people with enviable character as they are known to always stand for the truth and for speaking truth to higher authorities. Ikpeazu and Ugwuanyi cant have that adulation from me at the moment, but it seems that they want to do something right for once in their lives as Governors. Time will tell.

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Posted: at 29-12-2022 03:44 PM (2 years ago) | Addicted Hero