The opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s aggrieved former governors under the umbrella of G-5 on Tuesday regrouped and visited President Bola Tinubu in Abuja.

The “rebel former governors” include — Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Samuel Ortom (Benue) and Nyesom Wike (Rivers). Governor Seyi Makinde, a serving governor, was also in attendance.

The PDP chieftains met the President after a meeting held at the Abuja residence of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Nyesom Wike.

It was gathered that Wike led his former colleagues to meet with President Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa.
The reasons for their meeting with Tinubu and what was discussed with him could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.

But Vanguard gathered that a working relationship between the president and the former governors was what was tabled.

A source privy to the meeting who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorised to speak on the issue was quoted by the newspaper saying, “The G-5 PDP Governors first met in Wike’s residence for a few hours before heading to the Villa to meet with the president.

“Exact details of what was discussed isn’t available to me at the moment, but from discussions held during the initial meeting at Wike’s residence, it was all about finding accommodation for the former governors in the scheme of things and of course, how they can work together .”

The source noted that it was instructive that the former governors were meeting with President Tinubu barely 24 hours to the commencement of the Imo State PDP governorship campaign in Owerri and the growing tension over the occupant of the seat of party Secretary.