G5 Governors, Bode George Finally Pick Presidential candidate

<h4>G5 Governors&comma; Bode George Finally Pick Presidential candidate<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> reports that the five governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party&comma; PDP&comma; and some aggrieved party leaders have finally picked their choice in the pool of 2023 presidential candidates across different political parties&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The final decision&comma; according to a very credible source in the ongoing meeting in Lagos&comma; said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Today’s meeting is just a formality&period; They took the decision yesterday to support Peter Obi of the Labour Party&period; The meeting is ongoing and they would announce later today&period; They just want to make it look like a unanimous decision and they also have to shift the meeting location to Lagos as a mark of respect for elderly Bode George&comma;” the Senator told OpenLife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;15226" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-15226" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-15226" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;06&sol;Governor-Wike-and-Peter-Obi-300x188&period;jpg" alt&equals;"G5 Governors" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"188" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-15226" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Obi &amp&semi; Wike<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Continuing&comma; the source said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;They are ready to mobilize funds for Obi&period; More serving governors and former governors including ministers will join soon&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Obasanjo<&sol;a> is working on that&period; Funding and mobilization will not be a problem to Obi at all&comma;” he stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Those in the meeting include <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State&comma; Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State&comma; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State&comma; Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State<&sol;a> and Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Others are former governor of Ondo State&comma; Dr Olusegun Mimiko&comma; former Ekiti State Governor&comma; Mr Ayo Fayose&comma; former Cross River State Governor&comma; Mr Donald Duke&comma; former Plateau State Governor&comma; Mr Jonah Jang and former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP&comma; Chief Bode George&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Also present are former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice&comma; Mr Bello Adoke&semi; Deputy National Chairman of the PDP&comma; Mr Taoferk Arapaja&semi; Senator Nasif Suleiman&comma; Mr Nnena Ukeje&comma; Senator S&period; O&period; Onor and Senator Mao Ohabunwa&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It would be recalled that the Presidential Candidate of the PDP&comma; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Governo<&sol;a>r Wike have been at daggers drawn over removal of Ayu and the need for the South to produce the party’s National Chairman&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;17971" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-17971" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-17971" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Atiku-300x150&period;png" alt&equals;"G5 Governors" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"150" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-17971" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Atiku Abubakar<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;