G5 Will Act On D-Day – Wike Speaks About Preferred Presidential Candidate

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has again spoken about when the G5 governors would act on their preferred presidential candidate.

According to him, the group has not lost its momentum and it will act of the day of election.

Naija News reports that Wike made the announcement on Tuesday during the party’s governorship campaign in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state.

The governor noted that the G5 will act on the D-day come next week, noting that “They said G5 is dead. What is their problem? Why are they concerned?”

Wike submitted that “They don’t know there is a time to talk and there is a time to take action in politics. The action is on February 25. They can’t know our plans even if they push us. The more you look, the less you see.

“None of the vultures can withstand me and talk. Nobody can sell Rivers State for a pot of porridge.”

Speaking about the cancellation of the presidential rally of the PDP flag bearer Atiku Abubakar in Rivers State, Wike said, “When they said they cancelled the rally, it is a lie; they don’t want to tell us that they can’t mobilise. In any case, PDP hasn’t told us that they love Rivers State.

“We had a problem here; heavy flood that occupied our houses. Did anybody whether the PDP (presidential) candidate or any leadership of the party, did they come to sympathise with us? But they went to Bayelsa, went to Delta. They showed us they don’t love us. No problem but our destiny is in our hands. Nobody can force us to anything.

“Peter Obi came, I gave him vehicles, he campaigned and left, nothing happened to him. Kwankwaso came here, I gave him vehicles, he campaigned and nothing happened to him. APC has applied and I have given them stadium; if them want vehicles from me, I will give them. But your party (PDP) said there is insecurity in Rivers.”

The G5 is made up of five aggrieved governors of the PDP in southern Nigeria including Wike, Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).

The group has insisted that the PDP national chairman Iyorchia Ayu resigns his position for a candidate of southern extraction.

However, Ayu refusal to resign has caused Atiku their support, as they insist they won’t work for him.