The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors who were upset have admitted that they did not commit to back Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the recently concluded presidential election, according to Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Wike said this on Wednesday during a live media event in Port Harcourt, the state capital, according to Naija News.
The governor of Rivers claimed that the G-5 governors simply came to an accord and developed plans in order to guarantee the election of a Southern president.
According to Wike, the PDP governors’ goals were equity, fairness, and justice, and they were pleased that a president from the South had been elected.
“The integrity Group never met and stated it must be this guy,” he claimed. Only the Southern President was decided upon. The southern President evolved as a result of the measures we developed. Our desire is for a southerner to become president.
“We chose the Southern President when we arrived at our conference. We didn’t assert that it had to be this. We said that the Southern President must be behind anything you are doing. Equity, fairness, and justice were the G5’s main objectives.
Wike went on to say that some of his colleagues, like Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Samuel Ortom of Benue, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, made significant sacrifices to guarantee the election of a Southern President.
Although Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde was re-elected, he claimed that he had previously stated that he would be willing to forgo his second term in order to preserve Nigeria’s unity.
Ortom stated: “Let equity, justice, and fairness prevail even if he loses his senate race,” he urged. He might not succeed today. Yet he will fare well in history. This also holds true for Ugwuanyi and Ikpeazu. Even Makinde stated that he was interested in maintaining Nigeria’s unity even if his governorship aspirations failed.
The winning potential of a man and his party must also be taken into account, Wike stated in response to the question of whether justice and equity prevailed because the Southeast did not produce the President.
When you visit the south, we have distinct interests. The electorate must decide who is most likely to win. In Nigeria, you must have the spread to win an election. What we are advocating is a shift in power to the South.