I never regret being part of Wike's G-5 governors - PDP Chieftain

Abia State Governor, Okezie Victor Ikpeazu has said he never regrets been part of the G-5 governors, a group of aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Despite losing his senatorial bid in the 25 February National Assembly election, he remains proud to have supported the emergence of a Nigerian president from the Southern part of the country in 2023.

He said: "I never regret being part of the g5 governor's pact. I think that is one of the most brilliant positions I have taken as a politician. If losing the election is a sacrifice for my principles position then that is okay. My position was in the interest of Nigeria."

His preferred successor, the PDP governorship candidate, Okey Ahiwe, also lost in the 18 March election to the eventual winner, Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP).

But the governor said he was “okay” with the electoral losses he experienced in the state if they were sacrifices for his “principled position” for the presidency to return to the Southern part of the country.

Apart from Messrs Ikpeazu and Wike, other members of the group include Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu State) Samuel Ortom (Benue), and Seyi Makinde (Oyo).

The group came about after the PDP presidential primary, where Nigeria’s former vice president, Atiku, defeated Mr Wike and others to become the party’s presidential candidate.