Peter Obi Or Tinubu: APC Chieftain Backs Wike, G5’s Consensus On Powershift

A stalwart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osita Okechukwu, has hailed the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for insisting n the rotation of federal power to the south.

Naija News reports that this is coming after the G5 governors refused to back the presidential candidate of the PDP, and are currently in the United Kingdom to choose who to back between the Labour Party’s Peter Obi and Bola Tinubu of the APC.

Okechukwu said the G5 governors’ position tallies with the ‘noble and courageous’ stance of their 19 northern APC counterparts, which led to the emergence of former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu as APC’s presidential candidate.

He claimed that the G5 consensus on the rotation of the presidency to the South has effectively ruled out the PDP Presidential candidate.

The APC chieftain noted that it was left to the five aggrieved PDP governors to decide between the two front runners from South, Tinubu and Peter Obi.

“This latest London conference by the G5 governors led by Nyesom Wike comes as the defining moment for them to take a decisive stand that would guide their followers. It also sounds the death knell for any possible reconciliation within PDP,” he stated.

Also speaking to newsmen, a former Rivers State commissioner stated that the agitation of the governors led by Governor Nyesom Wike has narrowed down to a power shift to the South in line with the Lagos declaration by the southern governors.

“You know the presidential contest is like a beauty contest, where only the registered participants are considered. The G5 governors agree that Obi is not a saint, but comes with fresher characteristics than the other candidates.

“In the first place, it was these contrasting qualities that attracted the mass following among major electoral demography, the youths, across the length and breadth of the country.

“So, I can tell you authoritatively, the three governors in support of Obi are contending that although APC has spread, it will be disastrous and suicidal if they support Tinubu against their people, the majority of who are for Obi,

“The three governors are therefore mindful of Electoral Act 2022 and the enormous powers and independence it has given to the electorate,” Daily Sun quoted her as saying.