Wike Opens Up on Presidential Candidate Rivers State Will Vote For, Sends G5 Governors' Final Position to PDP
Governor Nyesom Wike has said party affiliation, ethnicity, or religion will not determine the February 25, 2023, presidential election in Rivers state.
The Rivers state governor said this on Wednesday, November 16, when former Edo state governor Adams Oshiomhole inaugurated a flyover located in Rumueprikon, his country home in Obio-Akpor local government area, Port Harcourt.
Governor Wike also listed equity, justice, and fairness as the conditions for a truce between the leadership of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the aggrieved Group of Five (G5) governors, The Nation reported.
Apart from Wike, other G5 members are Samuel Ortom (Benue); Seyi Makinde (Oyo); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi Ngwuanyi (Enugu).
They are asking Iyorcha Ayu to quit as PDP national chairman to pave the way for a southerner to step in.
They argue that Ayu, a northerner cannot hold on to the position since Atiku Abubakar, another northerner has emerged as the party’s presidential candidate.
Wike insisted that the G5 governors will not accept any reconciliation not based on the principles of equity, justice, and fairness.
He renewed their position that elective offices must be shared equally between the North and the South in the opposition party ahead of the 2023 general election.
