The G5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) say claim that they have resolved to back the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu in the 2023 election is untrue.
The governors, who are meeting in London, United Kingdom, said they have not reached any agreement with Tinubu.
The social media was replete with reports on Thursday that the former Lagos State governor met with the Nyesom Wike-led group in London, where the agreement was struck to back the candidate of the ruling party in the election.
Special Assistant to the President of New Media, Bashir Ahmad, also posted on his Twitter account a statement that suggested that the G5 made a good offer to Tinubu.
“The offer put forward by the five governors was fantastically positive. That will definitely help us to seal our imminent victory in 2023. Let’s do it together,” he posted.
However, any speculation and insinuation of an agreement has now been refuted by the group, which maintained that there is no such thing, disclosing that they will not be afraid to tell Nigerians whatever they may be involved in.
In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Governor Sam Ortom of Benue State rubbished the claim of an agreement to support Tinubu.
He said with their standing and experience, if they come to any decision, they will be the ones to inform Nigerians.
Responding to enquiry about agreement to support Tinubu, Ortom declared: “It’s not true. There is nothing like that. As experienced as we are, if we are doing anything, we will let the public know.”
The governors are expected to fly into Port Har- court, Rivers State, (today), where they are expected to have an engagement with the media.
The governors also dared the party to expel them should they decide to choose another party’s can-didate to support in 2023 other than Atiku.