Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that the G-5 governors have not signed any deal with any presidential candidate ahead of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
The Informant247 observes that the G-5 otherwise known as the Integrity Group, is made up of Governor Wike (Rivers), Governor Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Governor Samuel Ortom (Benue), Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia).
The governor has described claims that the 5 governors met with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC to endorse him ahead of the presidential election, as untrue.
“[They said] Wike had an interview with BBC and he said we have a deal with so and so. Meanwhile, no video, no audio. And some of you waste your time listening to such things,” he said on Friday during the flag-off of the construction of Eneka-Igbo Etche Road.
“Don’t you know that when I want to do something, I will do it? Don’t you know? Do you need to speculate? You don’t need to speculate. They said there is trouble but there is no trouble. What we have is an introduction to the trouble that is going to come!”
“So, my dear people, I just want to tell you that whatever decision I will take, I will let you know. I cannot take any decision without taking advice from you,” the governor added, urging detractors to leave members of the G-5.
“I just want to enjoy myself and my family,” Wike said, maintaining that he is not contesting an election next year and thus should not be the subject of speculations.
The Informant247 observes that there have been speculations that Wike and other G-5 governors met with the presidential candidate in London to endorse him as their preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 presidential election.
The 5 aggrieved governors have called for the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Iyorchia Ayu as 2 northerners cannot be presidential candidate and the national chairman of the same party at a time.
They have announced that the resignation of the national chairman should be accepted as a precondition for them to support the presidential ambition of the Party’s flagbearer, Atiku Abubakar in the 2023 elections.