A few of the aggrieved People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors who make up the G5 or Integrity Group, according to the Senate Chief Whip Orji Kalu In particular, Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Enugu State would support the former governor of Lagos.
In addition to asserting that both Governor Nyesom Wike and Okezie Ikpeazu will support the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Saturday’s election, Kalu said the general public need not be concerned about the internal disputes within the APC over the naira swap policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
The G5, which consists of Wike, Ikpeazu, and three other state governors, have declared that they would not back Atiku Abubakar of the PDP for president.
The former governor of Abia promised that Tinubu will be “a man of tomorrow” and added that “the G5 governors are also going to be a very major factor.”
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The South-East, according to the senator for Abia North, would support the APC’s presidential nominee because they understand that his administration will pave the way for a free market.
Kalu stated that: “Tinubu is well liked by the North and is from the South-West and is going to get a [sizable] vote in Imo, Ebonyi, Abia, Anambra and Enugu. And he’s going to have the support of Governor Wike of Rivers State, so we’re on track,” he said.
“My governor here, Okezie Ikepazu, will also support Tinubu. My senatorial district is going to give Tinubu the vote. The puncher to give the 34, 35 percent to be on the ballot.”
He claimed Tinubu was a capable administrator who could “assign the task.” Moreover, Kalu said that his APC presidential candidate will work to establish a relationship between the public and private sectors, “which is very much not seen now.”
“He’s a relief to the headquarters of the entrepreneurs where I live in Lagos,” he said. “All the presidential candidates live in Lagos; we all live there and we’re businessmen there, and Tinubu lived in the middle of the entrepreneurs of Nigeria.”
