Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the G5 governors of
the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have not parted ways.
The G5 governors are Wike, Samuel Ortom of Benue, Ifeanyi
Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Seyi Makinde of Oyo, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia.
Speaking on Tuesday at a campaign flag-off rally organised
by the Rivers PDP campaign council for Ahoada east LGA, Wike said Lee Maeba,
chairperson of the PDP presidential campaign in the state, claimed that the G5
is dead.
Describing the statement as preposterous, the Rivers
governor said the G5 group had withdrawn from speaking regularly in public, to
strategise.
In a statement by Kelvin Ebiri, special assistant on media
to the Rivers governor, Wike added that no matter how much people try, the G5’s
next line of action will not be “disclosed”.
“You people say G5 is dead. We that you said are dead are
not worried, but you that is alive is worried. We are not talking again; we are
not worried. Yet you are worried. You fail to realise that in politics, there
is time for talking and time for action. Action has started and 25th February
is the D-day,” he said.
“You can never know what our plans and strategies are. No
matter how you people pressurise us, we will not disclose our strategy. The
more you look, the less you see.”
Reacting to the allegations of threats to members of the PDP
presidential campaign council in the state by, Wike asked why it was only Abiye
Sekibo, director-general of the council in Rivers, who complained about
insecurity.
Following an attack by gunmen on his way to the presidential
campaign rally venue in Rivers, Sekibo accused officers of shooting at the
vehicle he was in.
Reacting to the development, Wike said Peter Obi,
presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), and Rabiu Kwankwaso, candidate of
the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), campaigned in Rivers, enjoyed logistics
provided by the state government, and never complained of threat to life.
He added that Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), also applied and got a venue approved for his
campaign in the state without complaints of insecurity or threat to life.
Wike said Rivers is the most peaceful state in the
federation and that nobody can toy with it.
He, therefore, asked Sekibo to stop deceiving PDP on the
pretext that he will mobilise people for the PDP presidential campaign rally.
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