To get the support of the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, will have to prevail on LP gubernatorial and senatorial candidates to drop their aspirations.
News360 info understands that this is part of the condition to get the support of Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia).
The G5 governors are currently in the United Kingdom to choose between Obi and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, after deciding not to support the presidential candidate of their party, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
The governors, who are focused on ensuring the next president comes from southern Nigeria, had zeroed in on Obi and Tinubu, but were split on who of the two they should unanimously support.
While some of the governors are reportedly favouring Tinubu, others are disposed to an Obi presidency.
According to Daily Sun, despite former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, prevailing on the governors to support the LP presidential candidate, getting them to be unanimous has proven difficult.
Allies of the governors disclose that Wike and Ortom are in support Obi because of the prevailing sentiments in their states.
A source said: “Some of the governors are insisting that they would give 100 percent of their support to Obi on the condition that the governorship candidates of LP in their various states who are seen as strong contenders step down.
As it stands, Wike and Ortom are most likely to support Obi, but they won’t put all their eggs in one basket. And I can tell you for a fact that if it happens, all the governors, including would help Tinubu get substantial votes cast in their various states like they did for Buhari in 2019.
For Makinde, he will go for Tinubu because that is the most popular candidate in Oyo State. At the moment, Makinde’s re-election bid is not without hitches and many are wondering if he would break the second term jinx of his predecessors who found it difficult to win a second term.”
