The aggrieved governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), known as G5, have been enmeshed in a fresh crisis over its choice of a presidential candidate.
They are e Governor, Nyesom Wike(Rivers), Governor, Seyi Makinde(Oyo), Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu(Abia), State Governor, Samuel Ortom(Benue) and Governor, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi(Enugu).
It was gathered that the G5 is made up of five aggrieved governors are opposed to happenings within the PDP and they are not ready to support their party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar until Iyorchia Ayu resigns as the National Chairman of the party.
After the marathon strategic meetings in London with the opposition, the face of the G5, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, “angrily” departed the United Kingdom (UK) for Madrid, Spain, to watch Real Madrid match this weekend.
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It was gathered that Ikpeazu and Ortom suggested that they remain neutral as supporting any other candidate except their party’s candidate will spell doom for them in PDP.
Recall that Ikpeazu and Ortom are the Abia South Senatorial district and Benue North-West Senatorial candidates respectively of the PDP.
A suspension or expulsion for anti-party activities will ruin their tickets in respect of the 2023 election.
A reliable source revealed that while Makinde and Wike shared the same view that they should support the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu; Ikpeazu and Ortom differed.
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