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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has said the ‘integrity governors’ of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), popularly known as the G-5, are still open for reconciliation.
He said the stance was because of the conviction that every critical stakeholder in the party needed to be on board to ensure electoral victory for the party in 2023.
Wike spoke yesterday in Bauchi when he led the five PDP governors on a solidarity visit to the Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed.
Wike said the doors of reconciliation in the ongoing leadership crisis within the rank and file of the PDP were still open to negotiations.
“I have said it several times that we are ready for reconciliation; we have never closed the door for reconciliation. All we are asking for is equity, fairness and justice, and that is the hallmark PDP stands for.”
Wike, who was fielding reporters’ questions in Bauchi yesterday shortly after a closed-door meeting between the G5 governors and Governor Bala Mohammed, reiterated, “All we are saying, let the right things be done. When the right thing is done, the country would see that the crisis in the party is over.
“These G5 governors, we are saying, are the bedrock of the party, so we would not close the doors for reconciliation. We are for reconciliation any day, anytime.”
On the team of the G5 governors were Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State.
He declared that because the PDP integrity governors were the pillars of the party, they had kept their doors open and were ready for genuine reconciliation.
Wike said: “All we are saying is that let the right thing be done. When the right thing is done, the whole country will know that election is over.”
The Rivers State governor also explained the reason for the solidarity visit to their Bauchi State counterpart, saying that it was to ascertain how he was putting up with the challenges of his re-election for a second term.
He said: “Our main motive of coming here is to give solidarity to our brother , the governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed. And all we have discussed is to see how, by the grace of God, being a gift to the people of Bauchi, he will win his election come 2023.
“So, all our discussion had to centre about his election and we are out to give him all the necessary support as our friend, our brother in the same political Family.