In a high-stake move, the aggrieved G-5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have jetted out of the country to the United Kingdom to seek final answer to the 2023 equations before them.
The G-5 governors were said to have embarked on the foreign trip for another strategic meeting. It is believed that the meeting will be centered on the sole presidential candidate to support in the 2023 general election.
The New Diplomat reports that the group which is led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state also includes Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo and Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu.
A source who spoke with members of the press said the governors jetted out from the Port Harcourt International Airport Monday.
“Yes, they left for UK early yesterday morning, but I can’t say the reason for the trip,” the source said.
It was also gathered that while two of the governors are rooting for Peter Obi, candidate of the Labour Party, three are in support of Bola Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The five governors are expected to take a stance on who to support in the 2023 presidential poll.
This is coming after Wike had said he would reveal the presidential candidate to mobilise votes for in the forthcoming 2023 elections in January.
Speaking at the inauguration of Rumuokwurusi-Elimgbu Flyover in Rumuokwurusi town in Obio-Akpor on December 22, Wike had said he would undertake a nationwide campaign tour to tell Nigerians the most preferred presidential candidate to cast their votes for.
According to him, Nigerians need a reliable candidate they can trust to deliver the needed national transformation.
“So, from January next year, I will campaign to my people on whom to vote for. All of you, who have been in suspense, wait, January is coming. Not only will I tell them where they will vote, I will move from state to state and tell them why they should vote for the people I think they should vote for,” he added.
