A media aide to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, Emmanuel Jonathan, has declared support for the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, ahead of the 2023 general election.
Mr Jonathan, a special assistant to the governor on new media, disclosed this in a statement made available to PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr Ugwuanyi is among the five aggrieved governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as the G-5
The G-5 is led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.
Apart from Messrs Wike and Ugwuanyi, other members of the G-5 are Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and their Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde.
The G-5 came about after the PDP presidential primary where Atiku Abubakar defeated Mr Wike and others to become the party’s presidential candidate.
The group has been demanding the resignation of the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, to pave the way for a southerner to lead the party to achieve a “regional balance”.
The governors’ argument is that both Mr Ayu and Atiku hail from northern Nigeria.
Although the five governors have not announced the presidential candidate they would support in the 2023 general elections, there are speculations that the G-5 governors may be backing Mr Obi.
However, there have been speculations lately that the governors may have decided to support Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
Mr Jonathan has become the first political appointee in Governor Ugwuanyi’s government to openly endorse the LP candidate.
He is expected to lead one of Mr Obi’s campaign groups, Obi/Datti Apostles Presidential Campaign Support Group.
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