2023: Aggrieved PDP Governors Visit Bode George In Lagos

The five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors, on Sunday, visited the former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, at his Ikoyi residence in Lagos.

Naija News report that George is a staunch loyalist of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and a leader of the PDP Integrity Group.

The governors visited the residence of the PDP chieftain hours after a meeting of the Integrity group at the Southern Sun hotel in Ikoyi, on Sunday afternoon.

It was learned that Wike addressed PDP supporters at George’s residence, stating that the governors would support all the party’s candidates in the coming election.

This development comes weeks after Wike supported the re-election bid of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Rivers governor had advised the Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Olajide Adeniran, better known as Jandor, not to bother to contest against Sanwo-Olu because he has performed well.

Wike said he had no regrets for openly endorsing Sanwo-Olu, stressing that his endorsement of his Lagos colleague was borne out of his conviction about good governance.

Reacting to the endorsement, Jandor slammed Wike for openly backing the second-term bid of the Lagos governor, saying that he was not surprised by the action.

He accused the Rivers State Governor of not supporting him during the party’s governorship primary in Lagos because he lacked structure at that time.

According to Jandor, Wike would not have endorsed the Lagos State governor if he (Wike) had done his assignment well.

The PDP governorship candidate said Sanwo-Olu has nothing to show in terms of the execution of projects in his three years as governor, hence Wike had no reason to support the Lagos Governor.