LEGIT
Although fighting for what they term inclusiveness, fairness, and equity in the national affairs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the G5 governors, otherwise known as Integrity Group members, are not together in their presidential choice ahead of the February 25 election.
This has led political observers and commentators to assume that Governor Nyesom Wike, Okezie Ikpeazu, Samuel Ortom, Seyi Makinde, and Ifeanyi Ugwunayi seem to have had an agreement to freely choose any candidate each of them desires.
Following recent happenings, Legit.ng has observed who among Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu each of the aggrieved governors of the PDP is leaning towards.
Governor Wike
Having had multiple meetings with all the frontline standard bearers across parties, the Rivers state governor appears to be favouring Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) whom he hosted in Government House, Port Harcourt, on Wednesday, February 15.
This special courtesy from Wike to Tinubu is one he has never accorded to the former Lagos governor’s rivals in the coming election and it has led the PDP to openly declare that the Rivers governor is now a member of the ruling party. However, Wike during his meeting with the APC’s national leader on Wednesday stated that he is not campaigning for or against him.
Governor Ortom
Without ambiguity, the Benue governor has made it sufficiently clear that he is pitching his tent with Obi, the Labour Party’s candidate, in the poll that is just days away.
For Ortom, none of the candidates ranks as high as the former Anambra governor in terms of capacity and competence. The two-term governor gave his unrelenting support for Obi on Thursday, February 16, during the latter’s presidential campaign in Makurdi.
Governor Makinde
Like Wike, the governor of Oyo, Makinde, has not revealed a clear and firm stance on whom he will endorse, even if he hosted Tinubu in Ibadan during his presidential rally in the southwest state on Thursday. Makinde, in his reception of Tinubu, said the people of the state will vote for a presidential candidate whose election will promote equity, justice, and unity in Nigeria.
