Our reporter/ Rivers state governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom on Thursday said the G5 governors will soon announce its preferred choice of presidential candidate for the February 25 election in Nigeria.
Wike and Ortom, who spoke at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, during the flag-off for campaigns for the reelection of Governor Seyi Makinde further stated that the alliance within the G5 remained united.
Makinde, Ortom, Wike are members of the PDP G5 alongside Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu.
Decked in traditional attire synonymous with Yorubaland, Wike, Ortom, Ugwuanyi and Ikpeazu took turns to address the crowd of PDP supporters, persuading them to vote Makinde, whom they described as the “Youth Leader of the G5”, for second term in office.
“You all know that Seyi Makinde has done well since he came in 2019 and therefore the only way we can appreciate more and benefit more is for him to go back and complete the good work he has started,” Wike told the cheering crowd.
He urged the crowd to vote the PDP in the governorship election in the state, the various state House of Assembly, House of Representatives and Senate seats.
“The other one, Seyi will come to you,” he said of the G5 choice of a presidential candidate.
Ortom, who earlier in the week through a statement by his spokesman, Trever Akase endorsed Peter Obi, at the rally on Thursday, dismissed what he called “social media gossip”, saying the G5 will let Nigerians know where it is headed at the appropriate time.
“We want to assure you that the Integrity Group and the G5 governors are committed members of the PDP in our various states.
“We have a challenge with the national leaders of our party because they have failed to deploy the internal resolution mechanism to solve the problems after the convention.
“We are committed to PDP in our various states and at the appropriate time, we are going to let you know where and what to do. We are united, we are together; don’t listen to gossip on social media – we are committed to PDP and all our candidates in our states,” the Benue State governor said.
While Wike and his allies have refused to campaign for Atiku, it is not clear whether they will support Obi, Kwankwaso or Tinubu in the presidential election scheduled for February 25.
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