PDP Crisis: Wike and his allies form the "Integrity Group"
The five aggrieved People's Democratic Party Governors led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and some other party stalwarts announced the formation of the Party Integrity Group on Sunday.
Nigeria News Agency reports that Wike-led G5 governors called for the resignation of PDP National Chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu shortly after the party's presidential ticket was won by a local of the North, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Other governors in the group are Samuel Ortom from Benue State, Seyi Makinde from Oyo State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi from Enugu State and Okezie Ikpeazu from Abia State.
Governors and some aggrieved party leaders are currently holding a strategy meeting in Lagos, which may have had something to do with the agitation for Ayu's removal.
Speaking to reporters before entering a closed session, Makinde said the Integrity Group remained the face behind the struggle within the PDP.
Makinde said: "We are here this morning to hold a meeting of the integrity group within our party, the PDP. We were part of the G5, that is to say the five governors of the PDP The G5 is all about the integrity group.
"You can see us, five sitting governors, as the face of this struggle, the party leaders and elders you see here are the people behind those faces.
"We are in the South West to take stock of the situation within our party, to review where we are and also to look at what will happen in the next election," he said. declared.
Makinde noted that at the end of the deliberations, the group would fully brief the media on its position on all burning issues within the main opposition party.
"On behalf of our leaders and elders in the South West, I welcome the members of the Integrity Group and wish us well," he said.
NAN reports that other PDP leaders present at the meeting were former governors; Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo State), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti), Donald Duke (Cross River), Jonah Jang (Plateau) and former PDP National Vice President Chief Bode George.
Also present are former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke; PDP South National Vice President Taofeek Arapaja; Seator Nasif Suleiman, Nnena Ukeje, Senator Sandy Onor and Senator Mao Ohabunwa.
Party leaders have repeatedly argued that Ayu must step down for the sake of fairness and justice in order to bring peace to the party.
The aggrieved group maintained the need for the South to produce the party's national chairman after Abubakar because the party's presidential candidate for the 2023 general election is from the North.
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The five aggrieved People's Democratic Party Governors led by Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and some other party stalwarts announced the formation of the Party Integrity Group on Sunday.
Nigeria News Agency reports that Wike-led G5 governors called for the resignation of PDP National Chairman Dr. Iyorchia Ayu shortly after the party's presidential ticket was won by a local of the North, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.
Other governors in the group are Samuel Ortom from Benue State, Seyi Makinde from Oyo State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi from Enugu State and Okezie Ikpeazu from Abia State.
Governors and some aggrieved party leaders are currently holding a strategy meeting in Lagos, which may have had something to do with the agitation for Ayu's removal.
Speaking to reporters before entering a closed session, Makinde said the Integrity Group remained the face behind the struggle within the PDP.
Makinde said: "We are here this morning to hold a meeting of the integrity group within our party, the PDP. We were part of the G5, that is to say the five governors of the PDP The G5 is all about the integrity group.
"You can see us, five sitting governors, as the face of this struggle, the party leaders and elders you see here are the people behind those faces.
"We are in the South West to take stock of the situation within our party, to review where we are and also to look at what will happen in the next election," he said. declared.
Makinde noted that at the end of the deliberations, the group would fully brief the media on its position on all burning issues within the main opposition party.
"On behalf of our leaders and elders in the South West, I welcome the members of the Integrity Group and wish us well," he said.
NAN reports that other PDP leaders present at the meeting were former governors; Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo State), Ayo Fayose (Ekiti), Donald Duke (Cross River), Jonah Jang (Plateau) and former PDP National Vice President Chief Bode George.
Also present are former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Bello Adoke; PDP South National Vice President Taofeek Arapaja; Seator Nasif Suleiman, Nnena Ukeje, Senator Sandy Onor and Senator Mao Ohabunwa.
Party leaders have repeatedly argued that Ayu must step down for the sake of fairness and justice in order to bring peace to the party.
The aggrieved group maintained the need for the South to produce the party's national chairman after Abubakar because the party's presidential candidate for the 2023 general election is from the North.
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