Diri, Obaseki, visit Okowa, appeal to G5 govs to work for victory of PDP
Ahead of the presidential election, governors of Bayelsa and Edo on Tuesday visited their Delta State counterpart and PDP vice presidential candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa.
The governors appealed to the G5 Governors to sheath their swords and work for the victory of the PDP in the forthcoming poll.
The governors who were in Uwalero, the country home of Governor Okowa in Ika North East Council said the visit is to felicitate him for the new year.
In his address at the meeting, the Bayelsa governor noted that the PDP leadership was not ruling out discussion with the quintet to return to the party ahead of the election.
Governor Diri said “We want a united PDP and each time we meet, we focus and discuss the unity. We are not foreclosing speaking to our brothers, even today, we have talked about that and we are still calling on our brother-governors to be part of their own party and work in unity with every other person”.
The five governors – Nyesome Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) – had demanded the resignation of the party’s national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, as a precondition for supporting the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in next month’s election.
