THE WILL
The lingering crisis between the top echelon of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and the party’s five governors – Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu; Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and Samuel Ortom of Benue State who alongside other aggrieved members of the party formed ‘the Integrity Group’, has become more deepened and the hope of reconciliation is flying away.
With less than 30 days to the presidential election, it is like the two belligerent groups are now ready for a showdown as there seems to be no meeting point again before the election.
The G5- Governors, who through their leader, Governor Wike had boasted that it will not support Atiku Abubakar in the presidential election and that it would announce the presidential candidate they will support in this year’s election, have not been able to do so.
It was gathered that the five governors have not reached a consensus on the choice of a presidential candidate. While Wike and Makinde prefer APC Candidate, Bola Tinubu; Ortom is rooting for Peter Obi of the Labour Party and both Ugwuanyi and Ikpeazu are being careful not to make their choice known because of the South East people’s support for Obi.
However, while the G5-Governors are still deliberating on their choice of a presidential candidate, the National Working Committee of their party, the PDP is also looking at a way to hammer them (G5- Governors) and other members of the Integrity Group.
One of their plans came into the open penultimate Friday, when it wielded the big stick as it suspended some chieftains of the party in Ekiti, Enugu and Imo states over allegations of anti-party activities…
