G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by ECASH120: 6:15am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Governor Nyesom Wike and his allies, described as the G-5, on Monday jetted out of the country to the United Kingdom in order to ratify their endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for the 2023 general elections, sources close to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) aggrieved governors told Daily Independent on Tuesday.
According to the sources, while in the United Kingdom, the five governors will strategise on what to do and how to ensure that their chosen presidential candidate wins the 2023 presidential election.
Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) have refused to support their party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, citing injustice in the party.
They have been in the forefront for the removal of the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition to support the presidential candidate of the PDP, angling for a Southerner to take over from Ayu for regional balance.
Governor Wike, by extension the G-5, while inaugurating the Rumuokwurusi- Elimgbu Flyover (10th flyover) in Rumuokwurusi town, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, promised to unveil to Nigerians his preferred candidate for the presidency of the country in January.
Speaking with Daily Independent, on Tuesday, one of the sources privy to the meetings of the G-5, said that the UK meeting is to ratify their decision on the support of Peter Obi.
“The five governors traveled to the United Kingdom on Monday to strategise and take their final decision on who to support ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The person they are supporting is Peter Obi,” the source said.
It would be recalled that while Wike had been telling his people in Rivers State that he would announce the presidential candidate they will support for the 2023 election, the direction of the G-5 was clearer on Christmas day when the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, visited the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Benue State.
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, who received Obi, told Nigerians that the best person to rescue the nation is the LP presidential candidate, adding that he is the best person who can solve Nigeria’s socioeconomic problems.
Ortom praised Peter Obi for visiting the camps of IDPs to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with them, adding, “Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them have chosen to visit those IDP camps and look at their plight to see how they are doing and give them hope that when they win, they will bring them succour, help, and hope.
“For you to have chosen to visit the IDPs on a Christmas day that you should be celebrating with your family, for me as a Christian, I say God will bless you and your aspiration. My prayer is that God will bless your aspiration to be the president of this country.
“Because I have seen capacity, faith, and hope, and I have seen someone who can bring the required equity, justice, and fairness that I have been pursuing since I became governor in 2015. If I were not in PDP, I would have been following you all over the place to canvass and vote for you.
“But because I’m in PDP, I’m telling Nigerians that this man can help deliver this country from its challenges.”
Recall that Wike had fallen out with the PDP leadership and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, shortly after the party’s presidential primary, where Atiku emerged as the candidate of the PDP.
This development generated bad blood in the party as Wike had thought he was the candidate to beat. The stepping down of Aminu Tambuwal, the Sokoto State governor, for Atiku, changed the narrative in the presidential primary that was held in Abuja.
While those that were in the camp of Wike and others who lost at the primary election were trying to come to terms with what happened, the action of the party’s national chairman, Ayu, fueled the crisis in the party at that time, when, instead of reaching out to those who lost at the primary, he decided to pitch his tent with the winner, and even described Tambuwal as the hero of democracy.
The anger in Wike’s camp was, however, intensified when Atiku decided to take Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State as his running mate, against the alleged decision of the committee set up to look for a running mate among those interested in the office, who voted in favour of Wike.
Efforts to pacify Wike, who at this time was enjoying the support of some governors and stakeholders in the party, proved abortive, as his demands were not meant by the party and the presidential candidate.
Even though Atiku had said he had met with Wike about five times to resolve issues in the party, Wike’s utterances in the past few months especially from live telecasts, where he was commissioning projects in Rivers State, showed he had already made up his mind on what to do.
The decision to shut the presidential campaign office of Atiku in Rivers State through executive order was interpreted by some concerned PDP members to mean that Wike had made up his mind not to support PDP in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by jlinkd78(m): 6:16am On Dec 28, 2022 |
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by ECASH120: 6:17am On Dec 28, 2022 |
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Eriokanmi: 6:18am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Before nko? Who no know beta thing. Their body languages had shown from the beginning. They'd ensure winning pdp seats in their respective states while they'd later decamp to LP. That's the idea.
In urchins words, Tinubu is popular in the south west like Pa Awo was, in those days. LMAO
The above will be my signature until after election. Urchins, note! 185 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by ECASH120: 6:19am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Who will now say that LP has no structure 165 Likes 10 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by dele1727: 6:20am On Dec 28, 2022 |
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Eriokanmi: 6:24am On Dec 28, 2022 |
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Antoeni(m): 6:30am On Dec 28, 2022 |
G5 is Atiku's Nightmare , A Torment Group, May God not Let them have a change of mind at any point in time 143 Likes 7 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by ECASH120: 6:32am On Dec 28, 2022 |
God is working for Peter Obi 179 Likes 15 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by DaddyFreeze2020(m): 6:36am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Eriokanmi: Before nko? Who no know beta thing. Their body languages had shown from the beginning. They'd ensure winning pdp seats in their respective states while they'd later decamp to LP. That's the idea.
In urchins words, Tinubu is popular in the south west like Pa Awo was, in those days. LMAO
The above will be my signature until after election. Urchins, note! Likening Tinubu to Awolowo who never won any Presidential election ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) shows Tinubu will not become President. 96 Likes 9 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by ECASH120: 6:38am On Dec 28, 2022 |
They will have more relevance if they support obi. Most of Obi's supporters are former PDP members including Obasanjo.
The G5 governors can become the structure of labour party and will get key appointments if Obi wins but in APC which key appointment will be given to Wike when rotimi Amaechi is there, when El-Rufai, lai Mohammed etc and all Buhari's cabinet.
The G5 governors will be treated as visitors and guests in APC 58 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Aiel123: 6:46am On Dec 28, 2022 |
dele1727:
![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) I hope they will not be enemies of progress when they go for a different candidate Yes oo If the G-5 governors decides not to support Obi...you know what will happen 29 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by mrvitalis(m): 6:50am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Truth is obi can over them control of the national assembly ...this is something neither PDP or APC can offer
Obi is not a politician that drags party structure he just want to serve and go home which is why I was angry with kwankwaso ...Peter obi is not a politician uncle just want to serve ... kwankwaso would have been in absolute control of the party structure
If the G 5 endorse Peter obi ...then obi has shifted from top contender to the candidate to beat
He would sweep South south minus Delta by 80% minimum , even Delta 50% sure for am
South east swooping would be absolute and total
With wike financial war chest ...45% of middle belt is sure and 40% of south west is sure
Still think money need to be thrown in southern brono, gombe , Bauchi, yobe and Adamawa ...to see if 2 can give 25% ...taraba and Kaduna is very very very winnable absolutely 102 Likes 16 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by highchief1: 6:54am On Dec 28, 2022 |
ECASH120: Governor Nyesom Wike and his allies, described as the G-5, on Monday jetted out of the country to the United Kingdom in order to ratify their endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, for the 2023 general elections, sources close to the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) aggrieved governors told Daily Independent on Tuesday.
According to the sources, while in the United Kingdom, the five governors will strategise on what to do and how to ensure that their chosen presidential candidate wins the 2023 presidential election.
Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia State), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) have refused to support their party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, citing injustice in the party.
They have been in the forefront for the removal of the PDP National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition to support the presidential candidate of the PDP, angling for a Southerner to take over from Ayu for regional balance.
Governor Wike, by extension the G-5, while inaugurating the Rumuokwurusi- Elimgbu Flyover (10th flyover) in Rumuokwurusi town, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, promised to unveil to Nigerians his preferred candidate for the presidency of the country in January.
Speaking with Daily Independent, on Tuesday, one of the sources privy to the meetings of the G-5, said that the UK meeting is to ratify their decision on the support of Peter Obi.
“The five governors traveled to the United Kingdom on Monday to strategise and take their final decision on who to support ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The person they are supporting is Peter Obi,” the source said.
It would be recalled that while Wike had been telling his people in Rivers State that he would announce the presidential candidate they will support for the 2023 election, the direction of the G-5 was clearer on Christmas day when the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, visited the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Benue State.
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, who received Obi, told Nigerians that the best person to rescue the nation is the LP presidential candidate, adding that he is the best person who can solve Nigeria’s socioeconomic problems.
Ortom praised Peter Obi for visiting the camps of IDPs to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ with them, adding, “Several presidential candidates have come here, and none of them have chosen to visit those IDP camps and look at their plight to see how they are doing and give them hope that when they win, they will bring them succour, help, and hope.
“For you to have chosen to visit the IDPs on a Christmas day that you should be celebrating with your family, for me as a Christian, I say God will bless you and your aspiration. My prayer is that God will bless your aspiration to be the president of this country.
“Because I have seen capacity, faith, and hope, and I have seen someone who can bring the required equity, justice, and fairness that I have been pursuing since I became governor in 2015. If I were not in PDP, I would have been following you all over the place to canvass and vote for you.
“But because I’m in PDP, I’m telling Nigerians that this man can help deliver this country from its challenges.”
Recall that Wike had fallen out with the PDP leadership and the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, shortly after the party’s presidential primary, where Atiku emerged as the candidate of the PDP.
This development generated bad blood in the party as Wike had thought he was the candidate to beat. The stepping down of Aminu Tambuwal, the Sokoto State governor, for Atiku, changed the narrative in the presidential primary that was held in Abuja.
While those that were in the camp of Wike and others who lost at the primary election were trying to come to terms with what happened, the action of the party’s national chairman, Ayu, fueled the crisis in the party at that time, when, instead of reaching out to those who lost at the primary, he decided to pitch his tent with the winner, and even described Tambuwal as the hero of democracy.
The anger in Wike’s camp was, however, intensified when Atiku decided to take Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State as his running mate, against the alleged decision of the committee set up to look for a running mate among those interested in the office, who voted in favour of Wike.
Efforts to pacify Wike, who at this time was enjoying the support of some governors and stakeholders in the party, proved abortive, as his demands were not meant by the party and the presidential candidate.
Even though Atiku had said he had met with Wike about five times to resolve issues in the party, Wike’s utterances in the past few months especially from live telecasts, where he was commissioning projects in Rivers State, showed he had already made up his mind on what to do.
The decision to shut the presidential campaign office of Atiku in Rivers State through executive order was interpreted by some concerned PDP members to mean that Wike had made up his mind not to support PDP in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election.
https://independent.ng/2023-presidency-g-5-in-uk-to-ratify-peter-obis-endorsement/ they won’t endorse any Obi.they will do what they like.seyi will endorse or has already endorsed tinubu.each of them will decide to support who ever they like.the aim is to mess atiku up.outside atiku,they are ready for anyone else. 21 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by highchief1: 6:55am On Dec 28, 2022 |
ECASH120: They will have more relevance if they support obi. Most of Obi's supporters are former PDP members including Obasanjo.
The G5 governors can become the structure of labour party and will get key appointments if Obi wins but in APC which key appointment will be given to Wike when rotimi Amaechi is there, when El-Rufai, lai Mohammed etc and all Buhari's cabinet.
The G5 governors will be treated as visitors and guests in APC you have a point but Obi won’t win it’s too much a gamble for a Gov to risk.it’s only yahoo boys that are supporting Obi 21 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by cmikel: 6:56am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Ok
WELL, TINUBU SEEMS LIKE AN ALLY OF THE PRESENT GOVERMENT THAT HAS BROGHT HARDSHIP UPON THE PEOPLE.
THE RUBER STAMP SENATE HE THRONED , MADE THINGS EVEN MORE WORSE BY THE CARELESS APPROVAL OF LOANS AND EVERY OTHER THINGS COMING FROM PRESIDENDECY MAKING THE COUNTRY FALL INTO MORE DEBT, DEEPER CRISES CAUSING CRASHED ECONOMY, DEVALUED CURRENCY AND EVEN WITH THE PMS SCARCITY ETC.
INTRESTINGLY HE SEES AND SAYS NOTHING EVEN WHEN THINGS ARE GOING WRONG WITH THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS BC HE DOSENT WANT TO LOSE PRESIDENTIAL AND NOTHERN SUPPORT.
NIGERIA NEEDS A MAN WHO WILL DISS HIS FRIENDS AND SAY WHAT IS RIGTE FOR THE SAKE OF A BETTER LIFE FOR THE COUNTRY MEN.
UNFORTUMNATELY AFRICAN POLITICIANS ONLY CARE ABOUT POWER GRAB AND BEEN IN POWER ALL THEIR LIFE
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by FORHII: 6:56am On Dec 28, 2022 |
That would be great 6 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by highchief1: 6:58am On Dec 28, 2022 |
mrvitalis: Truth is obi can over them control of the national assembly ...this is something neither PDP or APC can offer
Obi is not a politician that drags party structure he just want to serve and go home which is why I was angry with kwankwaso ...Peter obi is not a politician uncle just want to serve ... kwankwaso would have been in absolute control of the party structure
If the G 5 endorse Peter obi ...then obi has shifted from top contender to the candidate to beat
He would sweep South south minus Delta by 80% minimum , even Delta 50% sure for am
South east swooping would be absolute and total
With wike financial war chest ...45% of middle belt is sure and 40% of south west is sure
Still think money need to be thrown in southern brono, gombe , Bauchi, yobe and Adamawa ...to see if 2 can give 25% ...taraba and Kaduna is very very very winnable absolutely u analysis tight bro.very very tight.Obi needs such men to win not this lazy obidients yaho boys that wil be watching bbn or Man U Chelsea match on Election Day 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by fk001(m): 7:31am On Dec 28, 2022 |
I hope IPOB Bingos won't unleash their venom when the news turn the other way round just as they did to Author Eze.
Now they are hailing them, if they find out that the news is fake as usual they will start insulting the so-called G5 and tagging them as irrelevant 32 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by atobs4real(m): 7:32am On Dec 28, 2022 |
At their own risk 2 Likes |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Nobody: 7:32am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Peter Gregory Obi the incoming president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 31 Likes 1 Share |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by JoeNL22(m): 7:32am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Hmmm Obi ooo 28 Likes 1 Share
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Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by StrongAlphMale: 7:32am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Obi is a done deal already.
God bless our incoming president peter Babatunde Hassan Oluwadare Ahmed Osamudiamen Obi GCFR president of Nigeria 2023-2031 22 Likes 6 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by b0rn2fuck(m): 7:32am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Atiku should just step down, it's foundation is worst, it can collapse anytime. Someone who's started with hatred, divisions, betrayal and enemies within themselves. He can only get votes in the north, even if eventually won, he has a bitter foundation already, even Mr. Emilokan and Osibanjo didn't go this far 10 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by JoeyNaza: 7:33am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Bhh |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by AgubataAkokwa: 7:33am On Dec 28, 2022 |
With G5 by our side
With GEJ by our side
With IBB by our side
With Nigerians on our side
With Hausa northerners by our side
With IDP and the common Nigerians on our side
PO will be cruising to victory whether tilumbu urchins like it or yes 27 Likes 4 Shares |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by obembet(f): 7:34am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Power must come back to South.
Tinubu or OBI is what we want. 9 Likes 1 Share |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by RichDad1(m): 7:34am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Welcome development. Anything to reduce greedy Atiku votes in the south is a good news. 4 Likes |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Memphitz357: 7:35am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Waiting to see what Nairaland's latest resident eediot, CoronaVirusRelo has to say on this. 1 Like |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Akinsete19(m): 7:35am On Dec 28, 2022 |
Obi own don better 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by Jesuschristus: 7:35am On Dec 28, 2022 |
They should share PDP vote,its good news for APC 8 Likes |
Re: G5 Governors Set To Endorse Peter Obi In London by sonofElElyon: 7:35am On Dec 28, 2022 |
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