Wike finally reveals how G5 governors backed Obi and Tinubu
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike revealed how G5 Governors aka Integrity Group backed Labor Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates Peter Obi respectively and Bola Tinubu in the presidential election on Saturday February 25.
Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of the Akpabu-Egbeda road in the Emohua Local Government Area (APC) on Friday, said G5 governors had agreed to support the duo following the presidency of the South.
According to him, support for a president from the south had nothing to do with political parties but with the unity and oneness of Nigeria.
His words; "I never campaigned against Obi. I never did that. Won't he (Obi) do anything to me, when he does He can't do anything to me. But I felt it was unnecessary since we (the G5 Governors) are talking about the Southern Presidency.
“We (Intregity Group) have agreed that we will ensure that power comes to the South and that in any state where you have control, if the Labor Party comes first, the APC must come second and vice versa -versa. And we did!"
He also commended the APC governors for their firmness in supporting the Southern presidency, adding that he will not run again for the presidency.
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“I congratulate them (APC), so whether you voted for (Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter) Obi or you voted for Asiwaju (Tinubu), I have no problem with you, as far as you ran for president from the south,” he added.
Recall that Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the March 1 presidential election, while PDP and LP presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi came second and third respectively.
Governor de Rivers, a member of the PDP, had refused to back Atiku's campaign, saying the party's constitution was against a region of the country producing both the presidential candidate and the national president.
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike revealed how G5 Governors aka Integrity Group backed Labor Party (LP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates Peter Obi respectively and Bola Tinubu in the presidential election on Saturday February 25.
Wike, who spoke at the commissioning of the Akpabu-Egbeda road in the Emohua Local Government Area (APC) on Friday, said G5 governors had agreed to support the duo following the presidency of the South.
According to him, support for a president from the south had nothing to do with political parties but with the unity and oneness of Nigeria.
His words; "I never campaigned against Obi. I never did that. Won't he (Obi) do anything to me, when he does He can't do anything to me. But I felt it was unnecessary since we (the G5 Governors) are talking about the Southern Presidency.
“We (Intregity Group) have agreed that we will ensure that power comes to the South and that in any state where you have control, if the Labor Party comes first, the APC must come second and vice versa -versa. And we did!"
He also commended the APC governors for their firmness in supporting the Southern presidency, adding that he will not run again for the presidency.
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“I congratulate them (APC), so whether you voted for (Labour Party Presidential candidate Peter) Obi or you voted for Asiwaju (Tinubu), I have no problem with you, as far as you ran for president from the south,” he added.
Recall that Bola Tinubu was declared the winner of the March 1 presidential election, while PDP and LP presidential candidates Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi came second and third respectively.
Governor de Rivers, a member of the PDP, had refused to back Atiku's campaign, saying the party's constitution was against a region of the country producing both the presidential candidate and the national president.
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