Former National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has described the five Peoples Democratic Party’s governors as a bunch of confused leaders, incapable of determining who wins next month’s election.
This is even as the APC chieftain warned leaders of the party to desist forthwith from interfacing with the aggrieved governors.
The five PDP governors are Nyesom Wike, Samuel Ortom, Seyi Makinde, Okezie Ikpeazu and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Rivers, Benue, Oyo, Abia and Enugu states respectively.
The G-5 governors want the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to resign, arguing that it is against the spirit of the party’s constitution to have the presidential candidate and national chairman from the same regional bloc.
Speaking at a brief interactive session Friday in Abuja, the former APC publicity secretary noted that apart from Wike, the other four governors lacked the electoral mileage to determine the direction of the election.
In the words of Nabena, the electoral reforms introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission would make it impossible for any governor to manipulate election outcomes in favour of any candidate.
“The G-5 governors are confused and handicapped whether as PDP men or as supporters of any opposition party.
“We have heard all manner of things. Today, they are with Asiwaju (Bola Tinubu), tomorrow they are with Peter Obi and the next day, they may work for Atiku Abubakar. Which one do we believe?
“If they support our party and we win in the February presidential election, our members won’t see the G-5 governors as allies to be trusted. Again if they change their minds and work for Atiku, and (God forbid) PDP wins after all they have told Nigerians; they will still be treated like pariahs. The same treatment will befall them in Labour Party. Therefore, give or take, these governors are losers in waiting.
He urged Nigerians to ignore the “noise making-governors”, stressing that “The new electoral law has reduced dramatically, influence of sitting governors to do magic during election unless the electoral umpire decides to handover the process to them. The less performing governors are the worst for it because the electorate won’t listen to them on election day.
Via: https://punchng.com/wike-makinde-confused-cant-sway-victory-ex-apc-spokesman/
