The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike says there was never an agreement between the G-5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to support the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi in the just-concluded presidential election.
Wike made this claim on Wednesday during a live media chat in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
According to him, the G-5 governors only reached an agreement and formulated strategies to ensure the emergence of a Southern President.
Wike stated that the aim of PDP governors was equity, fairness, and justice, saying that they are happy that a Southern president has emerged.
In his words, “There was never a time the integrity Group met and say it must be this person. We only agreed on the Southern President. We formulated strategies and the southern President emerged. Our interest is that a southern President should emerge.
“When we went to our meeting, we decided on the Southern President. We didn’t say it must be this. We said whatever you are doing it must be the Southern President. The aim of G5 was equity, fairness, and justice”.
Recall that the G-5 governors had protested the emergence of Atiku Abubakar, a northerner as the flagbearer of the Party.
They however gave the resignation of the party’s national chairman Iyorchia Ayu as the only condition to support the PDP in the presidential election.
