G-5 GOVS WON’T MAKE AMENDS WITH ATIKU AND THE PDP, SAYS WIKE

The G-5 Governors holding new peace talks with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national leadership and the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar have been ruled out by Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike.

The Governor refuted claims that the five Governors battling for justice, equity, and fairness in the PDP were acting in opposition to one another.

The Integrity Group, he claimed, was still in tact and would become noticeable on February 25.

The Governor claimed that no G-5 Governor had yet participated in the PDP presidential campaign in their respective states, according to a statement made in Port Harcourt on Thursday by his Special Assistant for Media, Kelvin Ebiri.

We were aware of it even before the Enugu Governor received Atiku in Government House, according to Wike. We are unable to reveal the strategy. Whatever people are saying, the 25th has here. It will be visible to all.

We cannot repeat that. It is done. There is nothing anyone can do about what we have said at this time. They think they have won the election and don’t need us. I’m not ready to have a conversation with anyone again.

After February 25, he predicted that anybody who ignored the G-5 and the other Integrity Group members would quickly realize their great error.

Wike refused to name his preferred presidential candidate but insisted that he had no regrets over visiting Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) presidential candidate, and other party leaders in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

Prior to the election next week, he said that PDP leaders in Rivers State had already decided who the State will back and had informed party loyalists and supporters of their choice.

The governor of Rivers proclaimed once more that he would never defect from the PDP and boasted that he still had a prominent position inside the organization.

Speaking on President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast, the Governor claimed that the President’s insistence that the old N500 and N1000 notes stop being accepted as lawful tender amounted to interfering with an ongoing Supreme Court dispute.

Wike emphasized that it was an insult to the Supreme Court for the president to instruct the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to simply bring the old N200 note into circulation.

He declared, “In my opinion, this is a complete intervention, which is bad for our democracy.”