PDP Crisis: G5 Govs Form Integrity Group …Say They’re Still Open To Reconciliation

The five aggrieved governors elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, said they are still open to reconciliation within the party.
They also announced the formation of the Integrity Group.
Recall that the five aggrieved governors led by Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, and presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar have been at daggers drawn over removal of National Chairman of PDP, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu and the need for the South to produce the party’s national chairman.
The G5 governors and some party leaders made their decision known in a communique issued after a strategic meeting in Lagos, yesterday.
Addressing newsmen after the closed door meeting, former Plateau State Governor, Mr Jonah Jang, said the G5 governors and other aggrieved party leaders had not closed their door on reconciling with Atiku.
Reading the communique, Jang said: “We have reviewed the issues in our party and we, therefore, stand on the position we took at our last meeting in Port Harcourt and we hereby reiterate our position that the window for reconciliation in our great party, the PDP, remains open”.
Earlier, Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, had announced the formation of the Integrity Group, saying it is the face behind the struggle within the PDP.
Makinde said: “We are here this morning to hold a meeting of the Integrity Group within our party, the PDP. You’ve been of the G5 that is the five PDP governors. The G5 is all about the Integrity Group. You can see us, five serving governors, as the face of this struggle but the leaders and elders of the party that you see here are the people behind those faces.
“We are here this morning in the South-West to review the situation within our party, to review where we are and to also look at what is going to happen in the coming elections. At the end of our deliberations, you will be fully briefed on where we stand on those burning issues. On behalf of our leaders and elders in the South-West, I want to welcome members of the Integrity Group”.
Those present at the meeting include Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom;Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde; Enugu Sate Governor, Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; and Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu.
Others at the meeting are former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko; former Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayo Fayose; former Cross River State Governor, Mr Donald Duke; former Plateau State Governor, Mr Jonah Jang, and former Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Chief Bode George.
Also present are former Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr Bello Adoke; Deputy National Chairman of the PDP, Mr Taoferk Arapaja; Senator Nasif Suleiman, Mr Nnena Ukeje, Senator S. O. Onor and Senator Mao Ohuabunwa.