President Bola Tinubu is in a meeting with members of the defunct ‘G5 Governors’ at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The group made up of Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde; former Governors Nyesom Wike (Rivers); Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia); Ifeanyi Ugwuwanyi (Enugu) and Samuel Ortom (Benue) are all members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
The group is considered to have been friendly with President Tinubu and contributed to his electoral victory in February.
Although the reason for the visit is yet to be known, it is believed Makinde and the former Governors would be seeking to take advantage of their cordial relationship with the President to gain political capital.
Makinde and Wike have frequented the Villa a couple of times in the last few days
Among the G-5 governors, only Governor Makinde is still a serving governor.
The aggrieved governors had formed an alliance after the PDP presidential primary election was won by Atiku Abubakar in May 2022.
They demanded that the then PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, should step down for a Southern replacement as a precondition to support the presidential candidate of the party in the February 25 poll but that did not happen.
