Yekini Nabena, an All Progressives Congress chieftain, has said the five disgruntled Peoples Democratic Party governors, colloquially known as the G5, are losers in waiting and incapable of determining who succeeds President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to WITHIN NIGERIA, the five PDP governors are Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu).
Speaking at a brief interactive session in Abuja on Friday, the former APC spokesman noted that, with the exception of Wike, the other four governors lack the electoral mileage to influence the outcome of the election.
Nabena stated that the electoral reforms introduced by the Independent National Electoral Commission will make it impossible for any governor to manipulate election outcomes in favor of any candidate, urging Nigerians to ignore the “noise making-governors”.
As a result, he warned APC leaders to stop interacting with the disgruntled governors because they cannot determine the APC flagbearer, Bola Tinubu‘s, victory.
He said:
The G-5 governors are confused and handicapped whether as PDP men or as supporters of any opposition party.
“We have been hearing 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 G5 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.
The new electoral law has reduced dramatically, the 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.
Again, the new innovations as introduced by INEC, if religiously followed, is another challenge for those who think they can sway the votes. The Bimodal Verification Accreditation System is not anybody’s mate. People will decide and not governors any longer.
I will advise those who are still waiting on the G5 governors to shift their attention to the real voters because these governors won’t be at the polling unit on election day.